| 单词 | disability |
| 释义 | disability /dis'euh bil"i tee/, n. , pl. disabilities for 2. 1. lack of adequate power, strength, or physical or mental ability; incapacity. 2. a physical or mental handicap, esp. one that prevents a person from living a full, normal life or from holding a gainful job. 3. anything that disables or puts one at a disadvantage: His mere six-foot height will be a disability in professional basketball. 4. the state or condition of being disabled. 5. legal incapacity; legal disqualification. 6. See disability insurance. [1570-80; DIS-1 + ABILITY] Syn. 1. disqualification, incompetence, incapability, impotence. DISABILITY, INABILITY imply a lack of power or ability. A DISABILITY is some disqualifying deprivation or loss of power, physical or other: excused because of a physical disability; a temporary disability. INABILITY is a lack of ability, usually because of an inherent lack of talent, power, etc.: inability to talk, to do well in higher mathematics. Ant. 1. ability, capacity. |
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