immobilise sth
用于使身体部位或机械失去活动能力。
The injury immobilised his arm.
受伤使他的手臂动弹不得。
使不能移动;使固定
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使不能移动;使固定
prevent from moving; hold fast
The injury immobilised his arm.
受伤使他的手臂动弹不得。
使不动;使固定
v hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital;v to hold fast or prevent from moving;v make defenseless;v convert (assets) into fixed capital;v prohibit the conversion or use of (assets);v cause to be unable to move
immobilise
Base
原形
immobilises
3rd person
第三人称单数
immobilising
-ing
现在分词
immobilised
Past
过去式
immobilised
Past participle
过去分词
The police often immobilise stolen cars with wheel clamps.
警方常用车轮锁使被盗车辆无法移动。
The snowstorm immobilised the whole city.
暴风雪使整座城市陷入瘫痪。
Doctors are immobilising his broken leg with a cast.
医生们正在用石膏固定他骨折的腿。
规则动词;过去式和过去分词均为 immobilised。
The heavy snow immobilised the cars on the highway.
大雪使高速公路上的汽车无法移动。
A broken leg immobilises a person for several weeks.
一条断腿使人几个星期无法移动。
They are immobilising the damaged car until the parts arrive.
他们正使那辆损坏的汽车无法移动,直到零件到货。
用于使身体部位或机械失去活动能力。
The injury immobilised his arm.
受伤使他的手臂动弹不得。
被动形式常表示因外力而无法行动。
The car was immobilised by the heavy snow.
汽车被大雪困住,无法移动。
金融语境中指使资金或资产退出流通或不能使用。
The bank immobilised the funds during the investigation.
调查期间银行冻结了这些资金。
Not this
The injury immobilised him from walking.
Use this
The injury immobilised him.
immobilise 本身已含有“使不能移动”的意思,不能像 prevent 那样后接 from doing。中国学习者容易受“prevent...from doing”结构的影响,误加 from walking;去掉它后意思不变,句子才自然。
Not this
After the accident, his leg immobilised.
Use this
After the accident, his leg was immobilised.
immobilise 是及物动词,必须带宾语或用被动语态,不能像不及物动词一样用主动语态表示“某物自己不能动”。汉语可以说“他的腿不能动了”,但英语需要用被动语态 be immobilised 来表示“腿被固定/不能动”,所以必须加上 was。
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固定受伤的肢体
The paramedic immobilised the injured limb before moving the patient.
急救人员在移动病人之前先固定了受伤的肢体。
使车辆无法移动;锁住车辆
The police immobilised the vehicle with a wheel clamp.
警方用车轮锁夹使该车辆无法移动。
使资本退出流通;冻结资金
The central bank's policy immobilised a large amount of capital.
央行的政策使大量资本退出流通。
使敌人丧失机动能力
The airstrike was designed to immobilise the enemy's armoured units.
这次空袭旨在使敌人的装甲部队丧失机动能力。
制服并控制嫌疑人
The officers moved quickly to immobilise a suspect without causing injury.
警察迅速采取行动,在未造成伤害的情况下制服并控制了嫌疑人。
让病人保持不动;固定病人
After the accident, the paramedics immobilised the patient on a spinal board.
事故发生后,急救人员把病人固定在脊柱板上,使其保持不动。
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记:im-“不” + mobile“移动”,想象给汽车轮子浇水泥,让车 immobilise 固定住、动不了。
语域:formal 常见场景:medicine、military、finance 该词属于正式或专业用语,多用于医疗(如固定肢体)、军事(使失去机动能力)或金融(冻结资金)等语境。日常口语中较少使用,通常可被 stop、hold 等更口语化的词替代。
与 immobilise 真正押韵的是 mobilise 和 demobilise,重读元音均为 /əʊ/,后面都是 /bəl.aɪz/。realise、organise、advertise、televise 虽也以 -ise 结尾,但重读元音不同,并不押韵,只是拼写相似。
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