stultify

英['stʌltɪfaɪ]美['stʌltɪfaɪ]
  • vt. 使 … 显得愚蠢； 使 … 无效； 使 … 厌烦

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    来自拉丁语stultificare，使变得愚蠢，来自stultus，愚蠢的，缓慢的，迟钝的，原义为不想动的，动不起来的，来自PIE*stel，站立，放置，词源同stall，still，stolid.
      verb(动词)
      1. 阻碍发展;使…僵化

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 阻碍发展;使…僵化

      She felt the repetitive exercises stultified her musical technique so she stopped doing them.

      她觉得重复的练习使她的音乐技巧变得僵化，所以她不再做这些练习。

      The new set of measures could stultify the industry.

    小知识

    When something stultifies you, it drains you of your energy, enthusiasm, or pleasure. Listening to an hour-long graduation speech on a hot, humid day might stultify you.

    The word stultify is sometimes used in place of to “bore” or “exhaust.” An uninspiring boss, too many rules, or a badly performed play can be stultifying. If you hang out in the hot sun all day, the stultifying heat might make you feel limp and listless. Even constant construction noise could stultify a person. To stultify a plan or person is to dampen enthusiasm in a big way.

    实用短语

    1. stultify oneself

      翻译,自相矛盾

    2. stultify y

      使显得愚蠢,使无用

    3. stultify stir

      抑制

    4. stultify detail

      显得愚蠢

    5. stultify animate

      使沉闷

    单词用法

    变化形式
    第三人称单数： stultifies过去式： stultified过去分词： stultified现在分词： stultifying

    同根词

    词根：stultify

    n.

    stultification使无效；使显得愚笨