英 [ˈstʌltɪfaɪ] 美 [ˈstʌltɪfaɪ]
vt. 使变无效；使显得愚笨；使无价值
第三人称单数stultifies
现在分词stultifying
过去式stultified
过去分词stultified
stultify /ˈstʌltɪˌfaɪ/ [ stultifying stultified stultifies ]
及物动词 If something stultifies you, or if it stultifies your energy or ambition, it makes you feel empty or dull in your mind, because it is so boring. 使呆滞; 使厌烦
...a uniformed guard stultified with boredom.
...一名穿制服的闲得无聊的警卫。
We must fight low expectations because they stultify ambition.
我们一定要摆脱较低的期望，因为它们会磨灭我们的志向。
形容词
...the stultifying routines of life at home.
...家里面单调乏味的生活琐事。
prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself
cause to appear foolish
deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
同义词： cripple
声明(某人)因精神错乱而不负法律责任
... stultification 愚笨 stultify 显得愚笨 stum 未发酵葡萄汁 ...
... strut n. 撑杆；炫耀，大摇大摆地走 stultify v. 使显得愚蠢，无价值 stygian a. 冥河的，阴沉沉的 ...
... stubborn a.固执的；难以改变的 stultify v.使变得荒谬可笑；使无用 sway v.摇动，摇摆；影响使改变；n.摇动 ...
... stubborn a.固执的；难以改变的 stultify v.使变得荒谬可笑；使无用 sway v.摇动，摇摆；影响使改变；n.摇动 ...
stultification 使无效；使显得愚笨
使变无效；使显得愚笨；使无价值
We must fight low expectations because they stultify ambition.
我们一定要摆脱较低的期望，因为它们会磨灭我们的志向。
The regular use of calculators could stultify a child's capacity to do basic mental operations.
经常使用计算器会使孩子用脑进行基本运算的能力变得迟钝。
Things like machines may develop or neglect certain things in people... machines make our life impersonal and stultify certain elements in us and create an impersonal environment.
类似机械之物会催生或者忽略人心里的一些东西……机械剥夺我们生活中的人情味，抹杀我们内心的某些情感，把生存环境变得冷淡无情。
The level of supervision needed to root out all the mediocre will also stultify the brilliant.
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But greed, in fact, prompts capitalists to seek government guarantees and subsidies that denature and stultify the works of entrepreneurs.