(1)使麻痹(癱瘓)(afflict with paralysis) [T+n]：He is～d from the waist down/in both legs. 他下肢/兩腿癱瘓。Stroke～d half his face. 中風(fēng)使他半邊臉麻痹。The strike～d production at the factory/the train service. 罷工使該廠的生產(chǎn)/鐵路運輸陷于癱瘓。
(2)使不能正?；顒?deprive of power of action)[T+n+prep(with)，尤pass]：be～d with terror/the news嚇得癱軟/被這個消息驚呆了; All the other candidates are～d with fear of being charged with a desire to get the country into war. 其他所有候選人生怕被指責(zé)打算把國家推入戰(zhàn)爭而不敢有所作為。The League of Nations stood ～d by indecision. 國際聯(lián)盟因優(yōu)柔寡斷而起不了什么作用。
→par′alysis n.麻痹，癱瘓