amputee
amputee 英 [ˌæmpjuˈti:] 美 [ˌæmpjʊˈti]
n. 被截肢者
名词复数:amputees
- A person who's had an arm or a leg surgically removed is an amputee. Some amputees get artificial limbs that allow them to be nearly as mobile as before the loss of a limb.
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- n. 被截肢者
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1. I've been in developing countries where being an amputee and indeed having any kind of physical or intellectual or emotional disability is highly stigmatized.
我曾在发展中国家呆过，在那里作为一个被截肢者，或者是孩子有生理、智力或情绪方面障碍的人们，是备受人们指指点点的。
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2. It never even occurred to them that if they really stop to think about it, their child may have a specific medical condition that can be defined as paralysis or autism or being an amputee.
他们从来没有想到过，如果他们真的不去认为自己的孩子是残疾人，也许他们的孩子只会是瘫痪，或是孤独症，抑或是被截肢，这些明确的医学状态。
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3. Do you think, just setting the word aside, is there still a stigma relating to physical limitations such as being an amputee?
让我们先把“记号”这种说法放到一边，你认为作为一个被截肢者，这种生理上的局限仍旧是一种记号吗？
- amputee (n.) 1910, perhaps on a French model; see amputation + -ee.
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