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

• 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。
• Mental exercises that prompt group members to think more critically can counter that deadening effect, according to Ms Kray.
  克赖认为，让集体成员以更挑剔的方式进行思考，这种智力练习能够对抗上述隔音效应。
• Mobilization and Deadening during Object Management of Medical Treatment and Nursing Quality
  医疗护理质量目标管理中的动员与隔阻
• 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。
• Turret adopts optimal design, using double design hopper which is filled in deadening materials, the equipment has very good safety and is environmental friendly.
  刀架优化设计，料斗采用双层设计，内填隔音材料，设备具有很好的安全性和环保性。
• After the analyzing and the researching, the process program of developing the deadening composites was worked out;
  通过分析和研究，探索出开发防噪复合材料的工艺方案；
• 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。
• 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
• I must remember not to add to the destruction by breaking a child's spirit and deadening his sense of liveliness.
  我必须记得不要打破一个孩子的心灵，使他们充满活力的感觉变得麻木，再增添更大的损失。
• So often there is a deadening norm.
  那里经常有一种令人窒息的标准。