incapacitate [,ink?'p?siteit]

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使……喪失行動能力（及物動詞）

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(transitive verb) To disable; to take away one's strength or one's ability to act.

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EXAMPLE: A stroke incapacitated the company's elderly president last month, and his son is now in charge.

上個月的一次中風(fēng)使這位老邁的公司總裁喪失了行動能力，現(xiàn)在公司由他的兒子掌管。

to hit the brakes

急停（非正式用語）

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(Informal) Expression meaning to stop suddenly.

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EXAMPLE: Our new house had been under construction for six weeks, but when we ran out of money unexpectedly, we had to hit the brakes.

我們的新房已經(jīng)蓋了六周，但未曾想，我們錢的用光了，我們只能戛然而止。