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单词 mind-numbing
释义
mind-numbing
adjective
uk
/ˈmaɪndˌnʌm.ɪŋ/us
/ˈmaɪndˌnʌm.ɪŋ/
extremelyboring:
极其乏味的，非常枯燥的
a mind-numbingtask极其乏味的工作
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not interesting or exciting
  • boringThat was such a boring film I nearly fell asleep during it.
  • excruciatingShe went over the plot of the book in excruciating detail.
  • deadlyHis latest film was just deadly. I left after the first hour!
  • mind-numbingThe incident was described in a mind-numbing, 400-page report so dense that no one read it.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Tedious and uninspiring
  • anonymous
  • banal
  • basic
  • be (as) dull as ditchwateridiom
  • bland
  • lifelessness
  • marginal
  • marmoreal
  • meh
  • menial
  • slow
  • soulless
  • spinach
  • staid
  • stale
  • staleness
  • stuffy
  • tame
  • turgid
  • worthy
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mind-numbingly
(Definition ofmind-numbingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmind-numbing

mind-numbing
How make sense of themind-numbingvariety encountered in different cultures?
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The latter in particular is too long, too di^use, and too full ofmind-numbingdetail presented to little e^ect.
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But bear in mind that we are dealing with manuscripts and that the manual reproduction of texts is as error-prone as it is tedious andmind-numbing.
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They are weakened by themind-numbingeffects of drugs.
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They should see through themind-numbingtrivia of the tabloids.
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The proposals contained in this text are unrealistic and are nearer tomind-numbingmantras; waste and bureaucracy still have a bright future ahead of them.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Part of this document, too, wasmind-numbing, but one paragraph riveted my attention.
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Those aremind-numbingfigures, but even they do not tell the whole story.
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Suddenly the creature in the coop launched into amind-numbingdisplay of guitar gymnastics.
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Many people criticize panelks for their low design quality,mind-numbingappearance, second-rate construction materials and shoddy construction practices.
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Blumenauer sharply criticized the claim asmind-numbingand called it an all-time low.
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This is a sound strong enough to cause eye-watering,mind-numbingpain.
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I'd be on amind-numbingrunning machine, and he took water aerobics classes.
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The aim of this method is to allow children to see literacy as something meaningful and enjoyable, rather than amind-numbingschool activity.
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Writing became a chance to get out of thismind-numbingactivity.
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