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使无效使失去能力,使残废

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Disable \Dis*a"ble\, a.
   Lacking ability; unable. [Obs.] ``Our disable and unactive
   force.'' --Daniel.

Disable \Dis*a"ble\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disabled}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Disabling}.]
   1. To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force,
      vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent
      physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to
      disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to
      impair.

            A Christian's life is a perpetual exercise, a
            wrestling and warfare, for which sensual pleasure
            disables him.                         --Jer. Taylor.

            And had performed it, if my known offense Had not
            disabled me.                          --Milton.

            I have disabled mine estate.          --Shak.

   2. (Law) To deprive of legal right or qualification; to
      render legally incapable.

            An attainder of the ancestor corrupts the blood, and
            disables his children to inherit.     --Blackstone.

   3. To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to
      declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to
      undervalue. [Obs.] ``He disabled my judgment.'' --Shak.

   Syn: To weaken; unfit; disqualify; incapacitate.

资料来源 : WordNet®

disable
     v 1: make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this
          command on your computer" [syn: {disenable}, {incapacitate}]
          [ant: {enable}]
     2: injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"
        [syn: {invalid}, {incapacitate}, {handicap}]