disabled

🇬🇧/dɪsˈeɪb(ə)ld/ 🇺🇸/dɪsˈeɪbld/
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Someone who is disabled has an illness, injury, or condition that tends to restrict the way that they can live their life, especially by making it difficult. 残疾的

adjective [原级] 丧失能力的,有残疾的;(活动、组织、设施)与残疾人有关的

an insight into the practical problems encountered by disabled people in the workplace.  … 对残疾人在工作场所遇到的实际困难的深入了解。

verb [vt. 及物动词] 使丧失能力,使伤残;使不能运转(disable 的过去式和过去分词形式)

He was born disabled. 他天生残疾。

dis(不)+able(能干的)+d→不能干的→残疾的
单词造句:

the + adj. 表一类人

  • the disabled 残障人士、残疾人
  • the handicapped 残疾人

政治正确(委婉表达)

  • the physically challenged 残疾人士(身残志坚)
  • the mentally challenged 智障人士
  • the horizontally challenged 肥胖人士
  • the vertically challenged 侏儒症