im·mo·bi·lize
verb/ɪˈməʊbəlaɪz/
/ɪˈməʊbəlaɪz/
(British English also immobilise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they immobilize | /ɪˈməʊbəlaɪz/ /ɪˈməʊbəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it immobilizes | /ɪˈməʊbəlaɪzɪz/ /ɪˈməʊbəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple immobilized | /ɪˈməʊbəlaɪzd/ /ɪˈməʊbəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle immobilized | /ɪˈməʊbəlaɪzd/ /ɪˈməʊbəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form immobilizing | /ɪˈməʊbəlaɪzɪŋ/ /ɪˈməʊbəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- immobilize something/somebody to prevent something/somebody from moving or from working in the normal way
阻止某物/某人移动或正常工作 - a device to immobilize the car engine in case of theft
遇到有人盗车时使汽车引擎发动不了的装置 - Always immobilize a broken leg immediately.
腿断了应立即加以固定。 - The firm has been immobilized by a series of strikes.
一连串的罢工使得这家公司无法正常运营。 - Some snakes inject their prey with poison in order to immobilize it.
有些蛇向猎物注射毒液以使其无法动弹。
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French immobiliser, from immobile, from Latin immobilis, from in- ‘not’ + mobilis, from movere ‘to move’. - a device to immobilize the car engine in case of theft