invalid

柯林斯詞典

名詞讀作??nv?l?d。形容詞讀作?n?v?l?d且連字符添加方式為 in+val+id。

1. N-COUNT An invalid is someone who needs to be cared for because they have an illness or disability. 病人; 殘疾人
I hate being treated as an invalid. 我討厭被當(dāng)作病人對(duì)待。
2. ADJ If an action, procedure, or document is invalid, it cannot be accepted, because it breaks the law or some official rule. 無(wú)效的
The trial was stopped and the results declared invalid. 審判被終止了，其結(jié)果被宣布無(wú)效。
3. ADJ An invalid argument or conclusion is wrong because it is based on a mistake. 站不住腳的
We think that those arguments are rendered invalid by the facts. 我們認(rèn)為那些論點(diǎn)在事實(shí)面前站不住腳。