HOUSE OF THE DRAGON · シーズン 1
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crippled

陷入瘫痪/严重受创 (v./adj.)

原意是「使跛脚、致残」,在政经语境下常用来形容经济、国家、家族或系统「受到毁灭性打击、陷入瘫痪」。

If those shipping lanes fall,
my house will be crippled.
And I will not have Driftmark beggared while our King
crippled — HOUSE OF THE DRAGON S01E02 · ReelWord