stultify

['stʌltifai]

vt. 使 ... 显得愚蠢, 使 ... 无效, 使 ... 厌烦

例句与用法：

Their unhelpfulness has stultified our efforts to improve things.

他们不管事，我们为改进工作的用心也就白费了。

词形变化：

名词: stultification | 动词过去式: stultified | 动词过去分词: stultified | 动词现在分词: stultifying | 动词第三人称单数: stultifies |

vt.

1. 使显得愚蠢

2. 使变得无效(或无用)

stultify

过去式：stultified

过去分词：stultified

现在进行时：stultifying

词形变化：

名词: stultification | 动词过去式: stultified | 动词过去分词: stultified | 动词现在分词: stultifying | 动词第三人称单数: stultifies |

stultify['stʌltifai]vt.1.■使显得愚蠢，愚弄；使显得荒谬可笑；使变得迟钝：Don't be convulsed with laughter, which stultifies you.别咧着嘴大笑，你不觉得有点傻吗!2.■使变得无用，使徒劳，使无效：Your efforts would be stultified by one word of mine.只要我说一句话就能使你的一切努力化为灰烬。3.■【法律】声明(某人)因精神错乱而不负法律责任变形vt.stultifiedstultifying

1. [usu. as adj. stultifying]cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine
   （尤指因单调或限制性的老一套而）使失去干劲，使失去创造性
   the mentally stultifying effects of a disadvantaged home.
   贫困家庭那种精神压抑的后果。
   
2. cause (someone) to appear foolish or absurd
   使显得愚蠢，使显得荒谬可笑
   Counsel is not expected to stultify himself in an attempt to advance his client's interests.
   律师不该为客户利益而使自己显得荒谬可笑。
   

1. mid 18th cent.: from late Latin stultificare, from Latin stultus 'foolish'
   

stultify

动词 stultify:

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

cause to appear foolish

deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless

同义词：cripple

stultify

■stultify oneself

[法] 自己声明精神错乱

■He had made money, and had had splendid opportunities to make a great deal more if he had been willing to stultify his conscience, but that he had never been able to do.

他也赚过一点钱，而且如果他肯昧良心的话，原有很好的机会可以多赚的，但是这样的事情他始终不干。

■1.to overthrow; to overturn; to topple; to give the overthrow 2.to repudiate; to cancel; to reverse; to stultify; to demolish

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