impairment

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++im·pair·ment /ɪmˈpeəmənt $ ɪmˈper-/ noun [countable, uncountable]  mental/visual/cognitive/hearing etc impairment a condition in which a part of a person’s mind or body is damaged or does not work well 智力/视力/认知能力/听力等受损

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impairment• It is probably due to the accompanying impairment in protein metabolism.• The changes resulted in an impairment of the firm's ability to borrow money.• Most measures of morbidity which assess functional impairment, of which sickness absence is one, are influenced by factors other than health.• Hearing impairment, Hearing Science notes, afflicts one-in-four persons 65 or older and one-in-three 75 or older.• The occurence of acute hepatic impairment with intravenous amiodarone does not necessarily preclude the use of this drug by mouth.• Pollution, though often more insidious in its effects, can cause ill-health and even permanent intellectual impairment.• Need I add that impairment is more to my liking than good health?• Interestingly, the impairment is of the ability to form new memories, not the ability to recall stored memories.

im·pair·ment nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus in a or person’s a of mind which a part condition

impairment
im‧pair‧ment /ɪmˈpeəmənt $ ɪmˈper-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
mental/visual/cognitive/hearing etc impairment a condition in which a part of a person’s mind or body is damaged or does not work well

im·pair·mentBrE /ɪmˈpeəmənt/ 🔊NAmE /ɪmˈpermənt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] (specialist) the state of having a physical or mental condition which means that part of your body or brain does not work correctly; a particular condition of this sort （身体或智力方面的）缺陷，障碍，损伤；某种缺陷◆impairment of the functions of the kidney肾功能障碍◆visual impairments视力受损