crippling
adjective
uk /ˈkrɪp.əl.ɪŋ/ us /ˈkrɪp.əl.ɪŋ/
causing serious injuries or harm: 严重的;造成严重后果的
A crippling attack of malaria kept him in bed for months.严重的疟疾让他好几个月卧床不起。
The bomb attack dealt a crippling blow to tourism in the country.炸弹袭击对该国的旅游业造成了沉重的打击。
crippling debts负债累累
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cripple
The novel opens during a crippling drought.
The new regulations will be potentially crippling for the industry.
Crippling shyness can seriously affect your work.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Limiting and restricting
anti-libertarian
armlock
boundary
box someone out
box someone/something in
cripplingly
crowd
curb
curtail
curtailment
keep (herself) to herselfidiom
limit
limitation
limitative
limiting
suffocatingly
tempered
tie someone down
tie someone up
uncrippled
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