词汇 | challenged |
释义 | challenged adjective uk /ˈtʃæl.ɪndʒd/ us /ˈtʃæl.əndʒd/ old-fashioned used as a polite way to refer to someone who has a disability(= a physical or mental condition that makes it more difficult for them to do particular things): (生理或精神状况)有障碍的 Schools should keep copies of large-print books for visually challenged students. He cycled across the country, proving that the physically challenged are capable of surprising things. informal often humorous having a physical disadvantage or something you cannot do as well as other people: Being vertically challenged (= short) is not that unusual for Hollywood film stars. Using a phone to translate is a boon to the linguistically challenged traveller like me. I'm not exactly fat but I'm a bit challenged in the waistline. If you reject someone you like because he is visually challenged, then you are the one who is short-sighted. They built a school for mentally challenged children. He is, to put it politely, slightly follically challenged (= bald). Experiencing difficulties be be (caught) between a rock and a hard placeidiom be climbing the wallsidiom be for the high jumpidiom be/come up against a brick wallidiom flounder frying pan fumble fun go through a bad/difficult/rough/sticky patchidiom jungle leg on a razor edgeidiom out of the frying pan into the fireidiom pickle pressed prob rocky sticky strand challenged | American Dictionarychallenged adjective us/ˈtʃæl·əndʒd/ having a physical or mental condition that makes ordinary activities more difficult than they are for other people; handicapped |
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