challenged是什么意思？

challenged

英[ˈtʃælɪndʒd] 美[ˈtʃæləndʒd]

• adj. 残疾的，有伤的，有缺陷的或缺少的，受到挑战的；
• v. “challenge”的过去式和过去分词；

例句

• These days everybody has to be politically correct. I even heard someone the other day calling a short person ‘vertically challenged’! 如今每个人都很注意说话不得罪人，我有一天听到有人称身材矮小的人为“高度上受到挑战”。
• I challenged the truth of their story. 我对他们所说情况的真实性表示怀疑。
• His claim to that piece of property is being challenged. 有人就他对那份财产的声明提出异议。
• U.S.business today is challenged by aggressive overseas competitors. 今天的美国商业受到咄咄逼人的外国竞争者的挑战。
• The attorney for the defense challenged the juror. 被告辩护律师不同意这位陪审员。
• The guard at the gate challenged anyone approaching the building. 门卫向走近大楼的每个人进行盘问。
• I did not think he was right, so I challenged him. 我认为他是不对的, 因此向他提出质疑。
• The move was immediately challenged by two of the republics. 此项动议立即遭到其中两个共和国的反对。
• Fischer challenged Spassky to a match. 费歇儿向斯班斯奇挑战一场比赛.
• Sensitized and challenged animals had significantly increased AR to aerosolized methacholine compared with control animals. 激发致敏后的动物雾化吸入乙酰胆碱后较对照组有显著的气道反应性增高.

英语四级真题

It was challenged by some climate and risk experts.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

Patent law on genetically modified seeds should not be challenged.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
Keep in mind, however, that this view is challenged by some researchers.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  有…障碍的，有…缺陷的(常与不恰当的词语连用表示诙谐)
  If you say that someone is challenged in a particular way, you mean that they have a disability in that area. Challenged is often combined with inappropriate words for humorous effect.
  例句
  ...terms like 'vertically-challenged' — meaning short... 像“垂直缺陷”这种表示身材矮小的词语 She ran off with an intellectually challenged ski instructor. 她和一个脑筋不太好使的滑雪教练私奔了。