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

• 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
• It has been proved that the laser microbeam diameter can not be changed by means of deadening of laser energy through indifferent filter. But: drilling diameter ≤ damage spot diameter ≤ laser microbeam waist diameter may be obtained.
  认为用中性滤光片衰减激光能量的方法，激光微束直径并不改变，但可得到：细胞穿孔直径~细胞损伤直径~激光微束束腰直径。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Fire resistance material and other decoration materials, such as suspended celling, clapboard and deadening, etc.
  防火和各种装饰材料，如吊顶、隔板和隔音材料等。