Deafness: Partial or total inability to hear.

聋：部分或全部失听的一种病理状态。

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One partner at a UK law firm says: a lot of people get invalided out of the legal profession following a breakdown, or total inability to cope.

某英国律师事务所的一位合伙人表示：很多人在崩溃或完全丧失应对能力后，就退出了法律行业。

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During the debate on 2 February 2012, the report's author - Spanish centre right MEP Carlos Iturgaiz Angel - said that the amount of petitions that the committee had received showed the "total inability of member states to deal with the problem".

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