crutch
crutch 英 [krʌtʃ] 美 [krʌtʃ]
n. 拐杖；支柱；依靠；胯部 vt. 用拐杖支撑；支持
名词复数:crutches
- A crutch is something you lean on when you’re hurt or weak. It can be a physical crutch you use because you broke your leg, or a friend you depend on a bit too much when you’re having a tough time.
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- n. 拐杖；支柱；依靠；胯部
- vt. 用拐杖支撑；支持
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1. You should treat this as a crutch — necessary, but something you want to do without in the long run.
应该将这当作一根临时需要的拐杖，但最后一定可以摆脱它。
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2. With the right products and the right terms, these workers can still have access to that crucial crutch.
在合适的产品和合适的条款下，这些工人仍然可以得到这些重要的支柱。
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3. Still, some researchers believe that non-nutritive sweeteners can be responsible for that crutch because sweetness, regardless of its source, begets an increased desire for sweet-tasting foods.
有的研究者相信，“非营业性”甜味剂应该为这种“拐杖”负责，因为这样的甜味剂会使人产生对甜味越来越多的欲望，无论是哪种甜味剂；
- crutch (n.) Old English crycce "crutch, staff," from Proto-Germanic *krukjo (source also of Old Saxon krukka, Middle Dutch crucke, Old High German krucka, German Kröcke "crutch," related to Old Norse krokr "hook;" see crook). Figurative sense is first recorded c. 1600. As a verb, from 1640s. Italian gruccia "crutch," crocco "hook" are Germanic loan-words.
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