| 单词 | paralysis |
| 释义 | Related topics: Illness & disabilitypa·ral·y·sis /pəˈrælɪsɪs/ noun [uncountable] 1 MIthe loss of the ability to move all or part of your body or feel things in it 瘫痪；麻痹 paralysis of the lower body 下半身瘫痪 The snake’s poison causes paralysis. 这种蛇的毒液会引起身体麻痹。2 NOT DO somethinga state of being unable to take action, make decisions, or operate normally 不知所措；〔行动、决策、运行等〕瘫痪，停顿 a period of political paralysis 一段时间的政治瘫痪 → infantile paralysisExamples from the Corpusparalysis• To prevent certain paralysis they needed to perform a series of operations to graft a spinal vertebra.• They did not, as hoped, prevent or cure paralysis.• The new President promised to end years of government paralysis.• This is implied by the dyspraxia that sometimes occurs in frontal or parietal lobe disease in the absence of paralysis.• Her left arm still dangled in painful paralysis.• Such injuries can cause permanent paralysis.• Those left with residual paralysis faced a range of ill effects, from the minor to the life-changing.• The Communist Party's paralysis is one factor, but the prime responsibility lies with Labour's manic political caution.• Sarah Benton discusses the paralysis of political debate on the Gulf in Britain.Origin paralysis (1500-1600) Latin Greek, from paralyein “to loosen”pa·ral·y·sis nounChineseSyllable Corpus all to of part ability or move the the loss |
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