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瘫痪
tān huàn
Meaning
- (medicine) to suffer paralysis
- (fig.) to be paralyzed; to break down; to come to a standstill
Definition
身体部分或全部丧失运动功能；比喻机构、系统等无法正常工作。
Paralysis; loss of the ability to move in part or all of the body; figuratively, the inability of an organization or system to function normally.
Usage
常用于医学描述或比喻社会、组织、系统等陷入停滞或无法运作的状态。
Commonly used in medical contexts or metaphorically to describe a state of stagnation or malfunction in society, organizations, systems, etc.
Examples
- 1 他因车祸导致下肢瘫痪。 (He was paralyzed in the lower limbs due to a car accident.)
- 2 这次罢工导致整个城市的交通系统瘫痪。 (The strike paralyzed the entire city's transportation system.)
- 3 电脑病毒让公司网络完全瘫痪。 (The computer virus completely paralyzed the company's network.)
- 4 长期管理不善使这家企业陷入瘫痪。 (Long-term mismanagement has paralyzed this enterprise.)
- 5 地震后，通讯系统一度瘫痪。 (After the earthquake, the communication system was temporarily paralyzed.)
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