He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.他21岁时突患致残重疾。They both suffered from crippling pains in their hips.他们俩都感到髋部疼痛难忍。Arthritis and rheumatism are prominent crippling diseases.关节炎和风湿病是会严重损害身体健康的主要疾病。...
At this moment of success I found only an unreasoning sense of futility.在这一成功的时刻我只感到一阵莫名的枉然。Work is the way that people seek to redeem their lives from futility.工作可以避免人们虚度生命。The sheer futility of it all exasperates her.它...