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单词 paralyse
释义
paralyse
(pærəlaɪz )
Word forms: paralyses , paralysing , paralysed regional note:   in AM, use paralyze
1. verb
If someone is paralysed by an accident or an illness, they have no feeling in their body, or in part of their body, and are unable to move.
Her married sister had been paralysed in a road accident. [be VERB-ed]
...a virus which paralysed his legs. [VERB noun]
paralysed adjective
The disease left him with a paralysed right arm.
...sports for people paralysed by illness or injury.
2. verb
If a person, place, or organization is paralysed by something, they become unable to act or function properly.
For weeks now the government has been paralysed by indecision. [be VERB-ed]
He was suddenly paralysed by fear. [be VERB-ed]
The strike has virtually paralysed the island. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: immobilize, freeze, halt, disable  
paralysed adjective
He was absolutely paralysed with shock. [+ with]
...an indefinite period of chaos, with disrupted air services and a paralysed civil service.
Synonyms: hamstrung, immobilized, incapacitated  
paralysing adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
...paralysing shyness.
...a wave of paralysing strikes.
Translations:
Chinese: 使...瘫痪
Japanese: 麻痺させる
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