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173: cripple
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今天我们要学的词组是cripple。 Cripple的意思是瘸子,或是因为受伤而腿瘸了, "He was crippled falling off a horse." 他从马背上摔下了,腿瘸了。Cripple也有削弱,使无法正常运作的意思,比如内战削弱了国家经济, "The civil war crippled the nation's economy."

还比如以色列总工会组织全国罢工。机场、海港和铁路等很多部门都因罢工而受到影响,"The strike crippled Israel's airports, seaports, railways and many other services." 今天我们学习的词组是cripple...

  1. 172 reject
  2. 171: key
  3. 170 take part in
  4. 169: trigger
  5. 168 submit
  6. 167: on time
  7. 166 appeal
  8. 165: out of reach
  9. 164 on record
  10. 163: on hold