paralyse
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++par·a·lyse British English, paralyze American English /ˈpærəlaɪz/ verb [transitive] 1 MIif something paralyses you, it makes you lose the ability to move part or all of your body, or to feel it 使瘫痪；使麻痹 Her legs were partly paralysed in the crash. 在撞车事故中她的双腿部分瘫痪。2 STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto make something unable to operate normally 使不能正常运作，使陷入瘫痪 Fear of unemployment is paralysing the economy. 对失业的恐惧使经济陷于瘫痪。 Motor traffic was paralysed in much of the city. 该城市大部分地区的汽车交通陷于停顿。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
paralyse• Boris is mentally paralysed by the situation, however.• He's twice suffered strokes and is paralysed down one side of his body.• Yet in the past week or two it has sometimes had a paralysing effect.• And then Frye began to scream, the sound of it paralysing everyone with fright again.• Then they jump on to their prey, paralyse it and feed on it.• Legs, eighty percent gone, left arm fifty percent paralysed, right arm, pretty well useless.• There are botulism injections available now to paralyse the frowning lines and the smiling ones too.• Strike action has paralysed the region's public transport system.• He was paralysed with the pain of the wound which pulsed in time to his heartbeat.par·a·lyse verbChineseSyllable
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paralyse
par‧a‧lyse
British English, paralyze American English /ˈpærəlaɪz/ verb [transitive]
1. if something paralyses you, it makes you lose the ability to move part or all of your body, or to feel it:
Her legs were partly paralysed in the crash.
2. to make something unable to operate normally:
Fear of unemployment is paralysing the economy.
Motor traffic was paralysed in much of the city.
■ to injure yourself or someone else
▪hurt to damage part of your body, or someone else’s body: She slipped on the ice and hurt herself badly. | Be careful you don’t hurt anyone with that knife.
▪injure to hurt yourself quite severely, or to be hurt in an accident or fighting: One of our players has injured his leg, and will be out of the game for weeks. | Four people have been seriously injured on the Arizona highway.
▪wound to deliberately hurt someone using a weapon such as a knife or gun: The gunmen shot and killed twelve people and wounded three others.
▪maim /meɪm/ [usually passive] to hurt someone very severely, especially so that they lose an arm, leg etc, often as the result of an explosion: In countries where there are landmines, people are killed and maimed daily.
▪break to hurt a part of your body by breaking a bone in it: The X-ray showed that I had broken my wrist.
▪bruise to hurt a part of your body when you fall on it or hit it, causing a dark mark to appear on your skin: Cathy fell off her bike and bruised her legs badly.
▪sprain/twist to hurt your knee, wrist, shoulder etc by suddenly twisting it while you are moving: I jumped down from the wall and landed awkwardly, spraining my ankle.
▪strain/pull to hurt one of your muscles by stretching it or using it too much: When you are lifting heavy loads, be careful not to strain a back muscle.
▪dislocate to damage a joint in your body in a way that moves the two parts of the joint out of their normal position: Our best batsman dislocated his shoulder during training.
▪paralyse [usually passive] to make someone lose the ability to move part or all of their body: A climbing accident had left him paralysed from the chest down.
par‧a‧lyse
British English, paralyze American English /ˈpærəlaɪz/ verb [transitive]1. if something paralyses you, it makes you lose the ability to move part or all of your body, or to feel it:
2. to make something unable to operate normally:
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