Word · Frequency #19344
incapacitate
使丧失能力；使无法行动
make someone unable to do something
- 1.
To make someone or something incapable of doing something; to disable.
使某人或某物无法做某事；使丧失能力。
- 2.
To make someone ineligible; to disqualify.
使某人无资格；取消资格。
使永久伤残；使残废；使某人或某物无法做某事；使丧失能力。；使某人无资格；取消资格。；使无能力；使无行为能力；[法] 使无资格
In use
The severe headache incapacitated him for the whole afternoon.
A broken leg incapacitates a runner for months.
The virus is capable of incapacitating the body's defense system.
incapacitate sb/sth
常用在医学或法律语境中，表示使某人失去正常功能。
The disease incapacitated her.
这种疾病使她丧失了能力。
incapacitate sb from doing sth
from doing sth 结构表示阻止某人做某事。
His illness incapacitated him from working.
他的病使他无法工作。
be incapacitated by sth
被动语态常用于描述某人被某物致残或失去能力。
She was temporarily incapacitated by the flu.
Connections
Collocations
- incapacitate an enemy
- 使敌人丧失战斗力
- The troops were ordered to incapacitate the enemy rather than kill them.部队奉命使敌人丧失战斗力，而不是杀死他们。
- be incapacitated by illness
- 因病无法行动；因病丧失能力
- She was incapacitated by illness for several weeks.她因病几个星期无法行动。
- physically incapacitated
- 身体上丧失能力的；无法行动的
- The injury left him physically incapacitated, and he needed help with daily tasks.这次受伤使他身体上丧失能力，日常生活需要帮助。
- incapacitating injury
- 致残的伤病；使人丧失能力的伤害
- An incapacitating injury ended her career as a dancer.一次致残的伤病终结了她的舞蹈生涯。
- incapacitate a vehicle
- 使车辆无法运行
- Spike strips can quickly incapacitate a vehicle during a police chase.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 incapacitate 拆成 in（不）+ capacitate，联想 capacity（能力）：能力被抽走，人就 incapacitate（丧失能力、动弹不得）。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：法律或正式文件、医学或军事报告 incapacitate 是正式用词，通常用于书面或正式场合，表示使人或事物丧失能力；在日常口语中较少使用，更常说 disable 或 put out of action。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling ending -itate and the unstressed final /ɪteɪt/, but none fully rhymes with incapacitate /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt/, whose main stress is on /pæ/; each lookalike differs in its stressed vowel or the consonant before the ending.
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.