stultify

C2

vt. 使显得愚笨, 使变无效

发音

US /ˈstʌltɪfaɪ/

词形变化

stultified stultifies 三单 stultifies stultifying stultifying 现在分词 stultified 过去式 stultified 过去分词

释义与例句

v. C2
  1. 1.

    To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.

    及物

    Bureaucracy and over-regulation have stultified the economy.

  2. 2.

    To make useless or worthless.

    过时 及物

    His business plan was stultified by new technologies.

  3. 3.

    To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy.

    过时 及物

    The politicians continued to stultify themselves.

  4. 4.

    To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence.

    古体 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

cripple

上位词 10

guy show prove roast establish demonstrate rib weaken ridicule blackguard

词源

From Latin stultus (“stupid, foolish”), + -ify. Compare Late Latin stultificō.

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