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。
• 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。
• So often there is a deadening norm.
  那里经常有一种令人窒息的标准。
• 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。
• Lightweight magnesium valve covers, ignition cover, and sound deadening plastic outer clutch cover.
  轻量化的镀镁气门，带盖的点火开关，离合器外部有一个消音塑胶盖子。
• 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。
• 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 Gas Barrier Property Measurement For Deadening Felt in Negative Pressure
  负压下隔音毡阻气性能的测定
• In the work of the air temperature and pressure environment, a good muffler is supposed to having greater sound deadening capacity in a certain range of frequency and lower pressure loss.
  一个好的消声器要求在其工作气流的温度、压力环境下，在一定的频率范围内应有较大的消声量和较小的阻力损失。