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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Additional, wall, condole can choose deadening very, if mineral wool is sound-absorbing board wait.
  另外，墙壁、吊顶可选用隔音材料，如矿棉吸音板等。
• 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。
• 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。