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

• Alcohol can have a dangerously deadening effect on the senses.
  酒精对感官有危害性的麻醉作用。
• Conformity almost always leads to a deadening of individual creativity and energy.
  一致几乎总是阻隔个人的创造力和活力。
• 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。
• 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。
• Then the accuracy of the conclusion is verified. Firstly, the GT-Power software is used to calculate the transmission loss of several main kinds of mufflers by changing the parameters of their structures. Then the factors of increasing low frequency noise deadening capacity are identified.
  首先，运用GT-Power软件对几种主要类型的消声器进行传声损失的计算，通过改变其结构参数，找出增大低频消声量的因素，再结合理论分析，最终得出降低低频噪声方法的结论。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。