paralysis

名词 n.
/pəˈɹæləsəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person's body, such as one or more limbs. countable,uncountable
  2. A state of being unable to act. countable,uncountable
    — The government has been in a paralysis since it lost its majority in the parliament.

词形变化

paralyses plural

词源

Borrowed from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”). By surface analysis, para- + -lysis. Doublet of palsy.
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