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

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"