invalid
invalid 英 [ɪnˈvælɪd] 美 [ˈɪnvəlɪd]
adj. 无效的 n. 病人；残疾者 vt. 因伤退役
进行时:invaliding 过去式:invalided 过去分词:invalided 第三人称单数:invalids 名词复数:invalids
- A person who is very sick or injured and needs frequent care is an invalid. Also, something no longer current or useful is invalid.
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- adj. 无效的
- n. 病人；残疾者
- vt. 因伤退役
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1. People with invalid papers are deported to another country.
持无效证件的人被驱逐到别国。
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2. an invalid argument
站不住脚的论点
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3. invalid characters
无效字符
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4. She had been a delicate child and her parents had treated her as an invalid.
她小时候很虚弱，父母就把她当个病人照料。
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5. his invalid wife
他的体弱多病的妻子
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6. He was invalided out of the army in 1943.
他于 1943 年因伤病退役。
- invalid (adj.1) "not strong, infirm," also "infirm from sickness, disease, or injury", 1640s, from Latin invalidus "not strong, infirm, impotent, feeble, inadequate," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + validus "strong" (from PIE root *wal- "to be strong"). With pronunciation from French invalide (16c.).
- invalid (adj.2) "of no legal force," 1630s, from special use of Latin invalidus "not strong, infirm, impotent, feeble, inadequate," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + validus "strong" (from PIE root *wal- "to be strong").
- invalid (n.) "infirm or sickly person," 1709, originally of disabled military men, from invalid (adj.1). In Paris, Invalides is short for Hôtel des Invalides, home for old and disabled soldiers in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.
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