| 释义 |
disˈqualifying, ppl. a.
[f. prec. + -ing2.]
That disqualifies; incapacitating, disabling; self-depreciating.
1723Arbuthnot in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 31 Lord Whitworth, our plenipotentiary, had this disease, (which..is a little disqualifying for that employment). 1754Richardson Grandison (1781) I. v. 23, I love not to make disqualifying speeches; by such we seem to intimate that we believe the complimenter to be in earnest. 1891Athenæum 26 Dec. 874/2 The enforced retirement..of many public servants when they have attained the disqualifying age. |