Paralyze
['pærə,laɪz]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) cause to be paralyzed and immobile; 'The poison paralyzed him'; 'Fear paralyzed her'.
(verb.) make powerless and unable to function; 'The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation'.
哈洛錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.
(v. t.) Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts.
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同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Palsy, benumb, deaden.
整理:凯蒂
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Deaden, benumb, prostrate, enervate, debilitate, enfeeble
ANT:Give_life, strengthen, nerve, lift_up, restore
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例句/造句/用法:
- You envenom and you paralyze. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It does not paralyze the self-activity of youth by the record of an infallible past. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Miss Ophelia stood silent, perfectly paralyzed with amazement. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Poland was not simply a crowned aristocratic republic like the British, it was a paralyzed crowned aristocratic republic. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- H e himself wished to be enrolled in the National Guard, a nd had to be told that a half-paralyzed man co uld not render military service. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- There is only this difference: most of the manufacturers seem paralyzed when they are attacked. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- When this sparring partner came to face Corbett in the imitation ring he was so paralyzed with terror he could hardly move. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He may have been asleep, or he may have been so paralyzed with terror as to have been unable to cry out. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The extent to which all manufacture and transport, all industry there, was paralyzed during the strike, shows the complete dependence of modern life upon fuel. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- I can talk to two or three persons; but when there are more they radiate some unknown form of influence which paralyzes my vocal cords. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The inability thus to solace her outraged feelings gave her a paralyzing sense of insignificance. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- To a poor bookworm and invalid like myself such a blow is paralyzing. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
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