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disablement

/dis-ey-buhl/US // dɪsˈeɪ bəl //UK // (dɪsˈeɪbəl) //

失能,残障,残废,致残

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dis·a·bled, dis·a·bling.

    • : to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate: The detective successfully disabled the bomb.
    • : to impair or injure physically or mentally: The accident disabled him for life.
    • : to make legally incapable; disqualify: Minors are legally disabled from entering into a contract.
    • : Digital Technology. to make unable to function; turn off: Some of the car’s advanced safety features can be disabled.

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Examples

  • Facebook also disabled key parts of its service, such as the forwarding of messages, group recommendations and political ads, ahead of the election.

  • In lieu of disabling the cameras, the vendor responsible for them at the time instead simply cut off the city's network access to the devices.

  • They did not receive an explanation for the decision to disable their page.

  • My objective is to go in there with the best intentions of my life and disable my opponent, and that’s just what it is.

  • Although it increases security, it disables a number of key Zoom features.

  • Pathology shows us how every physical disablement of the brain is accompanied by mental processes.

  • In several of the boats there was not a single man who escaped either death or disablement.

  • Today it is easy to find a widow who has at great cost to herself in pain, danger, and disablement, borne six or eight children.

  • Many a poor fellow owed his death or disablement to this useless exposure.

  • It is well known that women in an uncivilized state suffer very little pain or disablement in bringing forth children.