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 too often they become enmeshed in deadening routines.
  他们时常陷入枯燥的日常事务之中。
• 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。
• 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。
• Alcohol can have a dangerously deadening effect on the senses.
  酒精对感官有危害性的麻醉作用。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Additional, wall, condole can choose deadening very, if mineral wool is sound-absorbing board wait.
  另外，墙壁、吊顶可选用隔音材料，如矿棉吸音板等。
• 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。
• The slavery of being waited upon is more deadening than the slavery of waiting upon other people.-Mackenzie, Compton
  被侍候的奴役比侍候别人的奴役更让人麻木。&麦金基