单词 | impaired |
释义 | impairedim‧paired /ɪmˈpeəd $ -ˈperd/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who cannot hear► deaf Collocations · Her second child, Oscar, was born deaf.· There is no reason why deaf people wouldn't lead perfectly normal lives.go deaf (=become deaf) · You'll need to speak quite loudly because my father's going deaf.the deaf (=deaf people) · More programmes these days have subtitles for the deaf.stone deaf/deaf as a post especially British (=completely deaf) · Mr Farrer, a white-haired man in his fifties, had been stone deaf since he was a child. ► be hard of hearing to be unable to hear well: · My grandfather's a little hard of hearing, so he has the TV on very loud.the hard of hearing (=people who are hard of hearing): · The library provides films with subtitles for the hard of hearing. ► hearing impaired not able to hear - use this especially about things that are provided especially for people who cannot hear. Hearing impaired is a more polite word than deaf: · Each lecture will be translated by the signer for the benefit of hearing impaired students.· special classes for hearing impaired children unable to see very well► short-sighted unable to see things that are far away: · 'Are you short-sighted then?' 'Yeah, can't see a thing without my lenses.' ► long-sighted British /far-sighted American only able to see things that are far away and unable to see things that are close to you such as the writing in a book: · My daughter's long-sighted and wears reading glasses.· Many people become far-sighted as they grow older. ► partially sighted not able to see things very well at all, although not completely blind: · Tape copies are available free of charge to blind and partially sighted people.· I am partially sighted, which makes me a lot more vulnerable. ► visually impaired completely blind or unable to see much - use this especially to talk about special services or equipment for this group of people: · Instructions can also be obained in Braille for the visually impaired.· Visually impaired people have as much right to full access to educational courses as anyone else. ► as blind as a bat informal having great difficulty in seeing things: · Didn't you see me coming? You must be as blind as a bat!· She's as blind as a bat without her glasses. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► visually/hearing/mentally etc impaired Phrases (=used to describe someone who cannot see, hear etc well) COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► impaired hearing (=having problems with hearing)· There are about 11,000 people in the UK whose sight and hearing are both severely impaired. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► visually· An important part of this work is the provision of cash grants to visually impaired people in need.· It is, of course, necessary to check carefully and individually the size of type that a visually impaired pupil can discriminate.· For example, in one case, an employer refused to hire a visually impaired applicant for the position of research analyst. NOUN► glucose· Prospective studies have also been performed in subjects with impaired glucose intolerance.· The non-insulin dependent diabetic subjects had similar birth weight to subjects with normoglycaemia or impaired glucose tolerance. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the hearing-impaired► visually impaired damaged, less strong, or not as good as before: impaired visionvisually/hearing/mentally etc impaired (=used to describe someone who cannot see, hear etc well)
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