incapacitate
verb /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt/
/ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt/
[usually passive] (formal)动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they incapacitate | /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt/ /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt/ |
he / she / it incapacitates | /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪts/ /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪts/ |
past simple incapacitated | /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪtɪd/ /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪtɪd/ |
past participle incapacitated | /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪtɪd/ /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪtɪd/ |
-ing form incapacitating | /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪtɪŋ/ /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪtɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody/something unable to live or work normally
使失去正常生活(或工作)能力 - be incapacitated (by something) He was incapacitated by old age and sickness.
年老多病使他失去了正常生活能力。 - mentally incapacitated people
精神失常的人
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- severely
- totally
- temporarily
- …
词源mid 17th cent.: from incapacity + -ate. - be incapacitated (by something) He was incapacitated by old age and sickness.