deadening

英 [ˈdednɪŋ]

美 [ˈdednɪŋ]

adj.  令人麻木的;使热情(或想象力)消退的
v.  使(声音、感觉等)减弱，缓和，迟钝
deaden的现在分词

BNC.37706 / COCA.36338

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 令人麻木的;使热情（或想象力）消退的
  Adeadeningsituation destroys people's enthusiasm and imagination.
  1. She was bored with the deadening routine of her life.
     她厌倦了自己生活令人窒息的一成不变。

双语例句

• All this is good news. But I worry that so much of this potential spirit of enterprise is squandered, thanks to the deadening hand of the state.
  所有这些都是好消息。但我担心，很多此类潜在的企业家精神，会因为政府的压制而白白流失。
• Conformity almost always leads to a deadening of individual creativity and energy.
  一致几乎总是阻隔个人的创造力和活力。
• The most deadening, dull, derivative work he'd ever seen.
  他所见过的最沉闷、最枯燥、最缺少创意的作品。
• Any heavy walling is better because the deadening of sound depends on the weight of the wall.
  而使用任何一种重墙体都更为合适，这是因为声音衰减的程度取决于墙体重量的缘故。
• You will never lose your child-like love of learning, but you may find traditional teaching methods very boring and even mentally deadening.
  你将永远不会丧失孩子般的好学的天性，不过你可能会觉得传统的教学方法非常枯燥甚至会僵化你的思维。
• As a gauge of investor expectations for the future, the action is in the offshore forwards and options markets, which, in the words of one analyst, are further away from the deadening hand of the PBoC.
  作为判断投资者未来预期的标准，这样的套利活动发生在离岸远期及期权市场。这两个市场用一位分析师的话来说进一步远离了中国央行的有形之手。
• Two types of drugs ease pain: analgesics reduce or eliminate pain without causing unconsciousness or deadening the nerve centers.
  有两类药止痛：（1）止痛药，（2）麻醉剂。止痛药减少或消除疼痛而不造成昏迷。
• It has been proved that the laser microbeam diameter can not be changed by means of deadening of laser energy through indifferent filter. But: drilling diameter ≤ damage spot diameter ≤ laser microbeam waist diameter may be obtained.
  认为用中性滤光片衰减激光能量的方法，激光微束直径并不改变，但可得到：细胞穿孔直径~细胞损伤直径~激光微束束腰直径。
• Its gravitational repulsion would offset galaxies 'gravitational attraction, thereby deadening their motion.
  暗能量的斥力会抵消星系间的引力，从而减弱了星系的运动。
• My husband and I settled into a deadening routine;
  我和我丈夫陷入了一种呆板的生活中。