incapacitate
英 [ˌɪn.kəˈpæs.ɪ.teɪt]
美 [ˌɪn.kəˈpæs.ə.teɪt]
1、in- "not" + cap + -acitate(复合后缀:-ace, -ite, -ate).
2、-ace is from Latin adjectival suffix -ax, genitive -acis.
3、含义:without ability to hold.
incapacitate 使失去能力词源同incapable,无能力的,-ate,使。
- incapacitate (v.)
- 1650s, from incapacity + -ate. Related: Incapacitated; incapacitating.
- 1. Poor eyesight will incapacitate you for a job in the library.
- 视力差将使你不适合于在图书馆工作.
- 2. A device or substance gas, used to incapacitate riot control.
- 用化学物质杀死 、 伤害或使敌人无力的战争.
- 3. His poor health incapacitate him for work.
- 他健康不佳使他不能工作.