metabolically challenged

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having difficulty with metabolism.
    — From this evaluation it was evidenced that metabolically challenged dairy cows (on the basis of concentrations of glucose, BHBA, and NEFA) show differences in liver transcripts, compared to metabolically unchallenged dairy cows [...]
  2. Dead. euphemistic,humorous

词形变化

more metabolically challenged comparative most metabolically challenged superlative

词源

The second sense is an ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like "mentally challenged".
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