deadening

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基本釋義

n.
隔音材料
v.
抑制 (感情),緩和 (疼痛)( deaden的現(xiàn)在分詞 ); 減弱 (聲音)

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

All too often they become enmeshed in deadening routines.

他們時(shí)常陷入枯燥的日常事務(wù)之中。

柯林斯例句

She was bored with the deadening routine of her life.

她厭倦了自己生活令人窒息的一成不變。

柯林斯例句

That is a method deadening to their point of appeal.

這么做又會(huì)使她們追求的目標(biāo)化為泡影.

辭典例句

In other ways the Bible limited Puritan writing, blurring and deadening the pages.

另一方面,圣經(jīng)又限制了清教時(shí)期的作品, 使它們顯得晦澀沉悶.

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英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)

Adjective
  • 1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;

    "a boring evening with uninteresting people"

    "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"

    "a dull play"

    "his competent but dull performance"

    "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"

    "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke

    "tedious days on the train"

    "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain

    "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

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