意：To cause great damage to something.
例：The war has crippled the economy.
Cripple:(n)瘸子（有冒犯意味）；（v）使残疾，使成为瘸子；严重破坏（组织，体系，心理，思想等）
cripple = damage …badly
例1: not long ago, the flood crippled millions of household in shouguang, shandong province.
例2: stage fright crippled him.
例3: the only way to make aparthied work is to cripple the black mind.
作业：
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Typhoon Manghut has crippled the electricity supply and communication service in Guangdong and Hong Kong.
The unstable electricity condition crippled the Scanning electron microscopy’s mainboard.
