ADJ
有严重危害的
If you say that an action, policy, or situation has a crippling effect on something, you mean it has a very serious, harmful effect.
例句
The high cost of capital has a crippling effect on many small American high-tech firms...
高昂的资金成本严重影响了美国的很多小型高科技公司。
The American military presence on the islands had suffered a crippling blow.
该群岛上的美国部队受到了严重打击。