disabled

Compared meaning: unable to move or function normally, often from injury (adjective).

比较义项：身体或行动能力受限，尤指残疾或跛行（形容词）。

• disabled 本词

  The standard, neutral modern term for a lasting physical or mental impairment; used broadly for people (disabled parking, disabled access) without the dated tone of 'handicapped' or the narrow, negative tone of 'lame'.

  目前最标准、最中性的说法，指长期的身体或精神障碍；可泛指人群（如disabled parking、disabled access），没有handicapped那种过时感，也不像lame那样语义狭窄、带贬义。

  The museum installed ramps so disabled visitors could enter without any trouble.

  博物馆安装了坡道，方便残疾人士轻松进入。

• lame

  Refers narrowly to an injured or impaired leg or foot that prevents normal walking; today mostly used for animals, since applying it to a person's disability now sounds outdated or even offensive.

  专指腿脚受伤而无法正常行走；如今多用于描述动物，若用来形容人的残疾，会显得过时，甚至带有冒犯意味。

  The horse went lame after the race and could barely put weight on its leg.

  那匹马赛后瘸了，几乎无法用那条腿承重。

• handicapped

  An older, broader term close to 'disabled' (physical or mental impairment); still seen in fixed phrases like 'handicapped parking' in American English, but many speakers now avoid it as dated or slightly insensitive.

  与disabled意思相近（身体或精神障碍）的较旧说法；在handicapped parking（残疾人车位）等固定搭配中仍会用到，但许多人现在认为这个词有些过时、略带不敬。

  The car park still reserves several spaces marked for handicapped drivers.

  这个停车场仍保留了几个标有残疾人专用的车位。

Disabled, handicapped, and lame all describe limited physical ability, but usage differs. Disabled is the standard, neutral modern word, as in disabled parking. Handicapped is older and similar, now often seen as dated. Lame means an injured leg, mostly used for animals today.

这三个词都能描述身体上的行动障碍，但语气和适用范围不同：disabled是目前最常用、最中性的说法；handicapped意思相近，却是较旧的说法，如今常被认为过时甚至带有冒犯意味；lame仅指腿脚受伤导致行走不便，用来形容人时也显得过时或不礼貌，如今多用于动物。这里不比较lame表示“蹩脚的、没有说服力的”这一引申义（如形容借口）。