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

• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The general story of why we can't in general is because there's no surprise, there's no mock aggression, and also there may be a general deadening of self-stimulation.
  为什么大部分人不能胳肢自己，是因为它在我们意料之内，没有打闹的侵略性，通常这种引自己笑的念头都会嘎然而止。
• These were the circumstances and the hopes which gradually brought their alleviation to Sir Thomas, deadening his sense of what was lost, and in part reconciling him to himself;
  正是这些情况，这些给人以希望的现象，渐渐缓解了托马斯爵士的痛苦，使他不再为失去的一切而忧伤，不再跟自己过不去。