身體功能受限
同樣是「原本能做的事做不了了」，只是對象從機器變成人的身體，多半因為受傷或疾病。
cause a disability · verb · B2
To harm someone so that part of their body no longer works properly.
使殘障；使無法正常使用
核心畫面
Picture a switch being turned off so a thing can no longer do what it was built to do — the alarm is still there, it just will not sound. The prefix dis- takes away the able, so the word means: the ability to work is removed.
可以想成：一個開關被關掉，那樣東西還在，但已經做不了它原本能做的事——警報器還掛在牆上，只是不會響了。字首 dis-…更多收起
可以想成：一個開關被關掉，那樣東西還在，但已經做不了它原本能做的事——警報器還掛在牆上，只是不會響了。字首 dis- 把 able（有能力）拿掉，所以整個字的意思就是「讓某樣東西失去運作的能力」。From the picture
Also in this word
turn off a feature · verb · B1
To turn a machine, system, or feature off on purpose so it cannot work.
停用；使無法運作
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
disableverb/dɪsˈeɪbəl/
- 1
To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
- 2
To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
- Falling off the horse disabled him.
- Krav is a martial art of last resort that assumes no quarter and focuses purely on disarming, disabling and, if necessary, destroying your opponent.
- 3
businesscomputingelectrical-engineeringTo deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
- The pilot had to disable the autopilot of his airplane.
- At the end of March 2015 the onboard software configuration of the AGILE satellite was modified in order to disable the veto signal of the anticoincidence shield for the minicalorimeter instrument.
disableadj/dɪsˈeɪbəl/
- 1
obsoleteLacking ability; unable.
- Our disable and unactive force.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。