stultify
- IPA[ˈstʌltɪfʌɪ]
英式
- cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine；cause (someone) to appear foolish or absurd.
verb: stultify, 3rd person present: stultifies, gerund or present participle: stultifying, past tense: stultified, past participle: stultified
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine he found ways of gently subverting the class system that stultified 1950s English society 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. dated cause (someone) to appear foolish or absurd.
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈstəltəˌfī]
美式
- cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine.
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