cripple

cn.瘸子（有冒犯之意）

v.使残疾；使成为跛子

v.【具体】严重破坏（机器、组织、体系等）;【抽象】（心理上、思想上的）严重破坏-->n.心理上有缺陷的人 an emotional cripple

The war has crippled the economy.

作业：

1、台风山竹（Typhoon Mangkhut）严重破坏了香港和广东地区的电力供应和通讯服务。

我的造句：The electricity supply and communication service in Hongkong and Guangdong have been crippled by Typhoon Mangkhut.

参考翻译：Typhoon Mangknut has crippled the electricity supply and communication services in Hongkong and Guangdong.

区别及疑问：（1）选择主动还是被动？（2）为何supply为单数而services为复数？

2、应用

场景：学习

造句：The failure in the research has crippled me so that I plan to give up.

场景：工作

造句：My terrible presentation in the last weekly meeting has crippled me and then I am always worried about the next one.