disable
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++dis·a·ble /dɪsˈeɪbəl/ verb [transitive] 1 MIDISABLEDto make someone unable to use a part of their body properly 使伤残，使残废 Carter was permanently disabled in the war. 卡特在那场战争中成了终生残废。n Grammar Disable is usually passive in this meaning.2 DESTROYBREAKto deliberately make a machine or piece of equipment impossible to use 破坏〔机器或设备〕，使瘫痪 The virus will disable your computer. 这种病毒会使你的电脑瘫痪。 —disablement noun [countable, uncountable] —disabling adjective a disabling injury 致残伤→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
disable• The tank's navigational system had been disabled during a grenade attack.• Don had been permanently disabled in a car accident.• First, there was the groin strain that put him on the disabled list from April 28-May 12.• The robbers had disabled the bank's security system.• Somehow, the robbers were able to disable the gallery's alarm system.• Car-owners disable their vehicles every time they park.dis·a·ble verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
part to Corpus a use to make unable someone
disable
dis‧a‧ble /dɪsˈeɪbəl/
verb [transitive]
Carter was permanently disabled in the war.
2. to deliberately make a machine or piece of equipment impossible to use:
The virus will disable your computer.
—disablement noun [uncountable and countable]
—disabling adjective:
a disabling injury
dis‧a‧ble /dɪsˈeɪbəl/
verb [transitive] Word Family: noun: ability ≠ inability, disability; adjective: able ≠ unable, disabled; verb: enable ≠ disable; adverb: ably
1. [usually passive] to make someone unable to use a part of their body properly: 2. to deliberately make a machine or piece of equipment impossible to use:
—disablement noun [uncountable and countable]
—disabling adjective: