| 单词 | disabling |
| 释义 | disabling (once / 10314 pages) adj The adjective disabling describes something that's devastating in some way, usually physically. When an accident is disabling, it's a terrible one, resulting in someone being badly injured. A disabling car crash isn't one in which the passengers walk away unharmed, and if a person is diagnosed with a disabling disease, she can expect it to dramatically affect her life. People affected by a disabling event are often left incapacitated — unable to walk, for example. Disabling comes from disable, with its roots of dis, or "do the opposite of," and ablen, "to make fit." WORD FAMILYdisable: disabled, disablement, disables, disabling+/ability: abilities, inability/able: ability, abler, ablest, ably, disable, enable, unable/disability: disabilities/disabled: disability/disablement: disablements/disenable: disenabled, disenabling/enable: disenable, enabled, enables, enabling/inability: inabilities/unable: unablest, unably USAGE EXAMPLESThe seaport in Hodeidah — where much of what northwestern Yemen imports and humanitarian aid arrives — was also attacked, disabling giant cranes and other equipment. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) This included removing or disabling access to the content if necessary, better cooperation with civil society organizations and the promotion of "counter-narratives" to hate speech. Reuters(Dec 04, 2016) Japanese warplanes appeared without warning early that Sunday, sinking or disabling 16 U.S. battleships, cruisers and other warships. Los Angeles Times(Nov 18, 2016) 1adj that cripples or disables or incapacitates Syn crippling, incapacitating unhealthful detrimental to good health 2adj depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship Syn|Ant disqualifying enabling providing legal power or sanction facultativegranting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something sanctionative, sanctioningimplying sanction or serving to sanction |
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