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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…更多收起
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）。原始詞典資料5 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。
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：
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。