disability

/dis-uh-bil-i-tee/US // ˌdɪs əˈbɪl ɪ ti //UK // (ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ) //

残疾,残疾人,残疾问题,残疾情况

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural dis·a·bil·i·ties.
- : lack of adequate power, strength, or physical or mental ability; incapacity.
- : a physical or mental handicap, especially one that hinders or prevents a person from performing tasks of daily living, carrying out work or household responsibilities, or engaging in leisure and social activities.
- : anything that disables or puts one at a disadvantage: His mere six-foot height will be a disability in professional basketball.
- : the state or condition of being disabled.
- : legal incapacity; legal disqualification.
- : disability insurance.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundisadvantage, restriction

Forms: disabilities

Synonyms

ailment疾病,病症,病痛,毛病 defect缺陷,瑕疵,叛逃,叛逃事件 impairment减损,减值,损伤,损害 infirmity体弱多病,体弱,虚弱的身体,虚弱 injury外伤,伤害,损伤,伤痛 affliction痛苦,困扰,苦难,苦恼 detriment弊端,损害,弊病,损益 disqualification

Examples

If they’re designed well, for example, AI-based learning tools have been shown to improve children’s critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, and they can be useful for kids with learning disabilities.
Central Aroostook Association, a Presque Isle nonprofit that helps children with intellectual disabilities, switched to the co-op last year to save 20% on its health premiums, said administrator Tammi Easler.
Users with disabilities might also want to compare their statistics to their non-wheelchair-using friends.
Anyone from an underrepresented group — including people of color, women, LGBTQ people and people with disabilities — is welcome to apply to be a mentee.
MTS changed its vetting process in March 2011 after the agency reported a spike in the number of seniors and people with disabilities with reduced-fare passes.
An IQ below 70 generally indicates someone with intellectual disability (ID).
As a matter of dollars and cents, America in the short term may be able to afford disability and food stamps.
Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, a longtime disability advocate, has made HCBS a priority, a Harkin aide told The Daily Beast.
Jason Kingsley, the son of one of the producers, would go on to appear 55 times on the show talking about his disability.
What if the pain her mother and doctors observed had nothing to do with disability, but was in fact pain?
Their disability however has been largely removed by statutes in all the states, as we shall learn in another place.

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disability

/dis-uh-bil-i-tee/US // ˌdɪs əˈbɪl ɪ ti //UK // (ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ) //

残疾,残疾人,残疾问题,残疾情况

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural dis·a·bil·i·ties.
- : lack of adequate power, strength, or physical or mental ability; incapacity.
- : a physical or mental handicap, especially one that hinders or prevents a person from performing tasks of daily living, carrying out work or household responsibilities, or engaging in leisure and social activities.
- : anything that disables or puts one at a disadvantage: His mere six-foot height will be a disability in professional basketball.
- : the state or condition of being disabled.
- : legal incapacity; legal disqualification.
- : disability insurance.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundisadvantage, restriction

Forms: disabilities

Synonyms

Examples

If they’re designed well, for example, AI-based learning tools have been shown to improve children’s critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, and they can be useful for kids with learning disabilities.
Central Aroostook Association, a Presque Isle nonprofit that helps children with intellectual disabilities, switched to the co-op last year to save 20% on its health premiums, said administrator Tammi Easler.
Users with disabilities might also want to compare their statistics to their non-wheelchair-using friends.
Anyone from an underrepresented group — including people of color, women, LGBTQ people and people with disabilities — is welcome to apply to be a mentee.
MTS changed its vetting process in March 2011 after the agency reported a spike in the number of seniors and people with disabilities with reduced-fare passes.
An IQ below 70 generally indicates someone with intellectual disability (ID).
As a matter of dollars and cents, America in the short term may be able to afford disability and food stamps.
Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, a longtime disability advocate, has made HCBS a priority, a Harkin aide told The Daily Beast.
Jason Kingsley, the son of one of the producers, would go on to appear 55 times on the show talking about his disability.
What if the pain her mother and doctors observed had nothing to do with disability, but was in fact pain?
Their disability however has been largely removed by statutes in all the states, as we shall learn in another place.

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