challenged

英 ['tʃælɪndʒd] 美 ['tʃælɪndʒd]

• adj. 残障的；缺少…的
• 动词challenge的过去式和过去分词.

英英释义

动词 challenge:

1. take exception to

2. issue a challenge to

3. ask for identification

4. raise a formal objection in a court of law

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. City authorities decided in the late 1970s to pay a 350 rupee (8 dollar) monthly pension to those over 60 living in deep poverty and those over 55 who are physically challenged.
   市政府在1970年代末期决定，每个月要付350卢比（8美元）的年金给60岁以上的甲级贫户及55岁以上的残障人士。
2. I'm financially challenged at the moment.
   我眼下身无分文。
3. I mean, Oedipus murdered his father and married his mother, after which he was visually challenged.
   我的意思是，俄狄浦斯谋杀了他的父亲，娶了他的母亲为妻，接着他变成了一个瞎子。

经典引文

• The mathematically-challenged reader can check this easily.

  出自： P. Ormerod

词汇搭配

• challenge 挑战
• vertically challenged 身材矮的
• economically challenged 【婉】贫穷的...
• cerebrally challenged 智力有缺陷的; 蠢的...
• physically challenged 残疾的, 有生理缺陷...