deaden

[美國]/ˈdedn/
[英國]/ˈdedn/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

vt. 使減弱;使麻木;隔阻
vi. 變得如死一般;失去活力
Word Forms
現在分詞deadening
過去式deadened
過去分詞deadened
第三人稱單數deadens
複數deadens

短語搭配

deaden the nerves

麻木神經

例句

thick walls that deaden street noises

隔絕市街噪聲的厚牆

a medication to deaden the pain; wall tiles that deaden the sound from the rehearsal studio.

止痛的藥療法;能減弱來自彩排室聲音的牆磚

The dentist deadened the nerve with novocaine.

牙醫用奴佛卡因麻醉神經。

ether was used to deaden the pain.

乙醚被用來減弱疼痛。

diabetes can deaden the nerve endings.

糖尿病會使神經末梢麻木。

laughter might deaden us to the moral issue.

嘲笑可能使我們在道德精神上麻木起來。

Wood is used to deaden the noise.

木頭可以用來消音。

The driver deadened the noise of the car with a new muffler.

司機安裝了新的消聲器減少汽車嗓音。

the syllabus has deadened the teaching process.

大綱把教學過程弄得呆板。

technology can deaden the human spirit or lift it to the farthermost corners of our imaginations.

科技能夠泯滅人的精神或者將它推升到我們想像的最遠的角落。

A soft varnish and an insufficient undercoating have a tendency to deaden heavily the sound of a violin.

柔和的清漆和不足防底層的清漆嚴重減弱小提琴的聲音.

原聲例句

Because their nerves are deadened from being so stupid.

那是因爲她們太笨 所以神經都死掉了。

來源: Friends Season 3

That's because their nerves are probably deadened from being so stupid.

那是因爲他們的神經可能因爲太愚蠢而麻木了。

來源: Friends Season 3

A murmur of voices, deadened by the heavy hangings, came from the principal drawing-room.

主客廳裏傳來低沉的說話聲, 被厚重的帷幔削弱了。

來源: Women’s Paradise (Part 1)

The noise of the water drumming in the kettle deadened her pain, it seemed.

水壺裏的水聲似乎減輕了她的痛苦。

來源: Garden Party (Part 2)

The sympathies of our nature are strengthened by pondering cogitations, and deadened by thoughtless use.

我們本性的同情心因深思熟慮而加強, 因輕率的使用而麻木。

來源: Defending Feminism (Part 2)

For a moment, the deadened look in Sirius's eyes became more pronounced than ever, as though shutters had closed behind them.

一時間,小天狼星眼睛裏鬱悶的神情變得格外凝重,就好像眼睛後面的百葉窗突然關閉了。

來源: 4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

In the parlor I heard a slow arpeggio, and his voice, deadened, and a denial from her.

在客廳裏,我聽到一段緩慢的琶音, 他的聲音低沉, 還有她的否認。

來源: Kreutzer Sonata

Some thick old hangings had been nailed up before the windows, to deaden the sound of the shrieks.

窗戶前釘上了一些厚厚的舊帷幔,以消除尖叫聲。

來源: A Tale of Two Cities (Original Version)

" Let's go, " says Estragon, before the deadening final stage direction: " They do not move."

“我們走吧,”愛斯特拉岡在令人窒息的最後舞臺指示前說道:“他們不動。”

來源: The Economist Culture

Of the asceticism that deadens the senses, as of the vulgar profligacy that dulls them, it was to know nothing.

對於使感官麻木的禁慾主義,就像對於使感官麻木的庸俗揮霍一樣,人們一無所知。

來源: The Picture of Dorian Gray

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