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challenged

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++chal·lenged /ˈtʃæləndʒd/ adjective  visually/physically/mentally etc challenged American EnglishMI used as a polite expression for describing someone who has difficulty doing things because they are blind etc 盲人/残疾人士/智障者等〔委婉说法〕
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challengedEstablished elements of parliamentary democracy in Britain are challenged.In the work in both the Preston and Oxford shows, that perceptual centring is constantly challenged.The adversary politics thesis developed by the reformers has also been variously challenged.Her beliefs and principles were accepted by the company and never challenged but Mrs Taylor had failed to recognise this.She must therefore establish with the client whether those later accounts contain similar items to those challenged for previous years.It was in this period too that a club's control over a player was first challenged in the law courts.In the fall of 1995, another researcher published a study, that challenged obesity researchers to rethink many of their conclusions.Although challenged, this remains the most convincing explanation.
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challenged
challenged /ˈtʃæləndʒd, ˈtʃælɪndʒd/ adjective
 Word Family: adjective: challenging, challengedunchallenged, unchallengeable; noun: challenge, challenger; verb: challenge; adverb: challengingly
visually/physically/mentally etc challenged American English used as a polite expression for describing someone who has difficulty doing things because they are blind etc


chal·lengedBrE /ˈtʃælɪndʒd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʃælɪndʒd/ 🔊 adjective (used with an adverb 与副词连用) a way of referring to sb who has a disability of some sort 伤残的;有残疾的a competition for physically challenged athletes残疾运动员的比赛(humorous) I'm financially challenged at the moment (= I have no money). 我眼下身无分文。🔊🔊 HELP Challenged was intended to be a polite way of referring to sb with a disability but it soon came to be used in a humorous way and is now no longer considered very polite. * challenged 原为指称残疾人的委婉说法,但很快成为幽默用法,现已不再被视为很礼貌。