这两个动词都含“使跛、使残废”之意。
lame普通用词,指因受伤或本身的生理缺陷而使人的身体致残,着重行走时的不便。
cripple正式用词,语气较强。多指因伤、体弱或疾病等所导致的永久性残废,常为肢体不全,行走不便,甚至移动身体也困难。
词源词根法
词源同creep.【同源词】creep归类词lame(adj.)跛的,瘸的cripple(n)跛子,瘸子;(vt.)使跛limp(v)跛行,一瘸一拐地走
The impact on a business with no power and no communications could cripple some.
想想看,停电和停止通讯对生意会造成多麽巨大的损失.
来源:网络文摘精选The national health system saved him from becoming a cripple.
在国民医疗保健系统的救助下,他免于致残。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》They wanted to know under whose authority Peter had healed the cripple.
他们想知道彼得以谁的名义治愈了那瘸子.
来源:网络文摘精选The cripple dipped the whip tip into the chip solution nearby his hip.
跛子将鞭子末端浸入他臀部旁边的芯片溶液中.
来源:网络文摘精选It would cramp and cripple the mental and spiritual energies of our people.
它将使我们的人民智力愚钝,萎靡不振.
来源:网络文摘精选The Doomguard's ability Cripple now reduces ranged and melee attack speed by 20 % instead of 45 %.
末日守卫的残废技能现在降低远程和近战的攻击速度20%,原为45%.
来源:网络文摘精选Ill news hath wings, and with the wind go . Comfort's a cripple and comes very slow.
坏消息长有翅膀, 随风飞扬. 安慰却是个跛子跚跚来迟.
来源:网络文摘精选If God allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us.
如果上帝将我们的生活安排的一帆风顺,没有一点障碍, 会使我们残缺不全.
来源:网络文摘精选Rampage is a proc. Cripple helps reduce the number of rampages a mob does.
横冲直撞是格斗触发的. 降低怪物的触发能力将减少横冲直撞的次数.
来源:网络文摘精选She has gone from being a healthy, fit, and sporty young woman to being a cripple.
她从一个健康、强壮、爱好运动的年轻女性变成了一个跛子。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》A cripple was running and out with dishes and and forks and bottles of wine.
饭还没有端上来,一个跛子跑进跑出,拿盘子、刀叉和酒瓶.
来源:网络文摘精选He had been warned that another bad fall could cripple him for life.
医生警告他,如果再次严重摔伤他可能会终身残疾。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
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