challenged
/ˈtʃælɪndʒd/adjective
with submodifier or in combination
1- used euphemistically to indicate that someone suffers impairment or disability in a specified respect〈婉〉身体有缺陷的; 伤残的：
my experience of being physically challenged.
我对身体伤残的体验。
1.1
- informal used to indicate that someone or something is lacking or deficient in a specified respect〈非正式〉缺乏的; 不足的：
vertically challenged
纵长不够的
today's attention-challenged teens.
现今那些缺乏注意力的青少年。
USAGE
The use with a preceding adverb （e.g. physically challenged）, originally intended to give a more positive tone than terms such as disabled or handicapped, arose in the US in the 1980s and quickly spread to the UK and elsewhere. Despite the originally serious intention the term rapidly became stalled by uses whose intention was to make fun of the attempts at euphemism and whose tone was usually clearly ironic: examples include cerebrally challenged, conversationally challenged, and follicularly challenged. See also usage at DISABLED.