单词：cripples
v deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
v deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
cripple的用法和样例：
例句
- They helped the cripple up to the bank.他们把那跛脚的人扶上岸。
- It is impolite to make fun of a cripple.取笑一个跛足是不礼貌的。
- A long delay might cripple me in a way.长期拖下去可能在某些方面把我拖垮了。
- His first task was to cripple the enemy at sea.他的首要任务是使海上的敌人失去战斗力。
- Seablockades can be performed to cripple the economy of other nations.实施海上封锁可以瘫痪其他国家的经济。
- It would cramp and cripple the mental and spiritual energies of our people.它将使我们的人民智力愚钝，萎靡不振。
- This can cripple a firm through lost sales and damaged relationships.公司因此被拖累，订单流失，与客户关系恶化。
常见句型
- The accident crippled him for life.这次事故使他终身残废。
- The general strike of the railway workers crippled the country's economy.铁路工人的全面罢工使国家的经济陷于瘫痪。 1
- The team was crippled by his absence.他的缺席使这支球队的实力削弱。
- The business has been crippled by losses.这家企业因亏损而陷入困境。
词汇搭配
- cripple scaffold扶臂脚手架
- cripple window跛窗
经典引文
My mother returned..as a complete cripple, unable to walk from the sitting-room to the downstairs lavatory, or to wash or dress herself, or to brush her hair.
出自：D. MurphyA local farmer who had been crippled as a boy, losing his right arm in an accident.
出自：G. Greene
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