喜樂美語

From the word’s history

From disable + -ed.

由 disable 加上 -ed 組成。

Wiktionary

The word is built from able with dis- in front of it: something that would normally work is not available in the usual way. In English it describes a long-term condition of a person's body or learning, not a passing injury — someone with a broken leg for six weeks is not called disabled. It names a fact about how a body works, not a judgement about the person.

這個字的組成很直白：able（能夠）前面加上 dis-，指身體或學習上有一部分沒辦法照一般的方式運作。英文用它描述的是長期的狀況，不是暫時的傷——腳骨折六個星期的人不會被叫 disabled。它陳述的是身體怎麼運作的事實，不是對這個人的評價；也因為它講的是人，用字比其他形容詞更需要留意當代的習慣說法（見第二個意思）。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

意思相近

handicappedimpaireddisabled peoplepeople with disabilities

意思相反

able-bodied

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

disabledadj[dɪsˈɛɪ̯bəɫd]

  • 1

    Made incapable of use or action.

    • In the car department we would repair cars that were disabled and placed in bad order by a bunch of scalies taking the place of striking switchmen, engineers, Firemen, etc.
  • 2

    Having a disability.

  • 3

    lawLegally disqualified.

disablednoun[dɪsˈɛɪ̯bəɫd]

  • 1

    One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。