in AM, use 美国英语用 paralyze
- VERB 使麻痹;使瘫痪
If someone is paralysed by an accident or an illness, they have no feeling in their body, or in part of their body, and are unable to move.
- Her married sister had been paralysed in a road accident.
她已婚的妹妹在一起交通事故中瘫痪了。 - ...a virus which paralysed his legs.
使他双腿瘫痪的病毒
- VERB 使失去活动能力;使无法正常运转;使瘫痪
If a person, place, or organization is paralysed by something, they become unable to act or function properly.
- For weeks now the government has been paralysed by indecision...
到现在,政府因为无力决断已经陷入瘫痪达数周。 - He was suddenly paralysed by fear...
他突然被吓得动弹不得。 - The strike has virtually paralysed the island.
那场罢工实际上使该岛陷入瘫痪。