stultifying

英 [ˈstʌltɪfaɪɪŋ]

美 [ˈstʌltɪfaɪɪŋ]

adj.  乏味得使人呆滞的; 使人思维迟钝的
v.  使迟钝;使厌烦;使呆滞
stultify的现在分词

现在分词：stultifying　

BNC.46330 / COCA.36596

牛津词典

adj.

• 乏味得使人呆滞的；使人思维迟钝的
  making you feel very bored and unable to think of new ideas
  1. the stultifying effects of work that never varies
     一成不变的工作造成的使人呆滞的后果

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使思维迟钝;使厌烦;使呆滞
  If somethingstultifiesyou, it makes you feel empty or dull in your mind, because it is so boring.
  1. This attitude stultifies scientific progress...
     这种态度会扼杀科学的进步。
  2. Only a uniformed guard stultified with boredom might have overheard them.
     只有一名穿制服的无聊警卫可能偷听到了他们的谈话。

双语例句

• The announcement by the country's top censor that all censorship would stop in a country with perhaps the most stultifying media outside North Korea suggested a government keen to change its image.
  缅甸最高审查机构宣布将停止所有媒体审查除朝鲜之外，缅甸媒体也许是世界上最愚蠢的这表明政府迫切希望改变其形象。
• The environment can be stultifying, unhealthy, too political and so on.
  环境的问题可能在于让人感觉徒劳无功、不健康或是太勾心斗角等等。
• The hive, as the place is known, has long played host to a rotating cast of free-spirited programmers and innovators, many of whom come to San Francisco to escape what they regard as the stultifying atmosphere of Silicon Valley proper.
  这个地方被称为“蜂房”（Hive），长期以来都有无拘无束的编程员和创新者搬进搬去，其中有很多人来到旧金山是为了逃离硅谷那极其单调、却被人尊崇的气氛。
• Once I was dressed in the little bit of shorts, I opened the door to the yoga studio and was met with a rush of hot, stultifying air.
  一次，我穿着小短裤，打开瑜珈馆的门，迎面就吹来一股热而闷的空气。