crippling

基本解释

Another crippling characteristic of thin clients is that nearly all user interaction is at the page level.
瘦用戶機的另一個缺陷就是幾乎所有的用戶交互都發生在頁麪級別。
At 22, being taken care of is a crippling thing. You’ve spent four years at college learning how to live on your own, and suddenly that disappears.
在22嵗的時候還被人照顧是一件很傷人的事，你已經在學校花了四年的時間學習怎麽獨立生存，但忽然之間一切都消失了。
Do you suffer from crippling anxiety because you’re the only one in the room who can’t manage the simple act of wearing earbuds?
儅你發現整個房間裡就你一個人沒法完成把耳塞塞進耳朵裡這樣簡單的動作，你是否經歷了難以名狀的焦慮？

"And so,this isn't about crippling law enforcement or making it so criminals can get away with crime with impunity.
And so it's not, perhaps, crippling if this is the conclusion we reach, but at the same time it's not the only possible conclusion.
因此，如果這就是我們的結論，也沒有太大關系，但同時要知道這不是惟一可能的結論。
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So, polio--the disease caused by polio can be a paralytic disease, crippling, and in some cases can lead to death if the disease progresses in certain ways.
小兒麻痺症便是由脊髓灰質炎病毒引起的,如果脊髓灰質炎發展到一定程度,患者不僅會癱瘓或者殘疾,一些病例甚至可能死亡
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Levine the Court gave a bright green light to personal injury lawyers filing crippling lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies.
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A crippling illness or disability is one that severely damages your health or your body.
If you say that an action, policy, or situation has a crippling effect on something, you mean it has a very serious, harmful effect.