deadening
英[\'dednɪŋ]
美[ˈdɛdnɪŋ]
基本释义
- n.
- 隔音材料
- v.
- 抑制 （感情），缓和 （疼痛）( deaden的现在分词 ); 减弱 （声音）
词性变化
- 动词:deaden;
实用例句
All too often they become enmeshed in deadening routines.
他们时常陷入枯燥的日常事务之中。
柯林斯例句
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。
柯林斯例句
That is a method deadening to their point of appeal.
这么做又会使她们追求的目标化为泡影.
辞典例句
In other ways the Bible limited Puritan writing, blurring and deadening the pages.
另一方面,圣经又限制了清教时期的作品, 使它们显得晦涩沉闷.
辞典例句
英英释义
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"