每日一词 1 Cripple

意：To cause great damage to something.

例：The war has crippled the economy.

Cripple:(n)瘸子（有冒犯意味）；（v）使残疾，使成为瘸子；严重破坏（组织，体系，心理，思想等）

cripple = damage …badly

例1: not long ago, the flood crippled millions of household in shouguang, shandong province.

例2: stage fright crippled him.

例3: the only way to make aparthied work is to cripple the black mind.

作业：

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Typhoon Manghut has crippled the electricity supply and communication service in Guangdong and Hong Kong.

The unstable electricity condition crippled the Scanning electron microscopy’s mainboard.