deadening
present participle ofdeaden
| 单词 | deadening |
| 释义 | deadening present participle ofdeaden deaden verb[T] uk/ˈded.ən/us/ˈded.ən/to make something lesspainfulor lessstrong: Morphine is often used to deaden thepainofseriousinjuries. Doubleglazinghashelpedto deaden thenoisefrom theroad. Becoming and making smaller or less
Examplesofdeadeningdeadening In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Participants recognized a strengthened body and spirit following several months of physical and emotionaldeadening. From theCambridge English Corpus Critics argued that the official ceremonies were intellectuallydeadeningand that official intrusion into salons damaged their ability to create enlightened public opinion. From theCambridge English Corpus He felt the imposition of geometric ordering schemes as adeadeningforce, oppressing other kinds of ordering such as might arise from use or context. From theCambridge English Corpus But the tenderness of humour survives even thisdeadeninginterruption of the old relationship. From theCambridge English Corpus For him, geometric ordering systems were adeadeningforce. From theCambridge English Corpus Stanislavsky was well aware that the inexperienced actor was prone to adeadeningself-consciousness that inhibited 'delicate shadings of feeling or the spiritual life of your part'. From theCambridge English Corpus Every time we discussed control and decontrol we heard talk of thedeadeningeffects of rent restriction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thedeadeningpseudo-morality found in society should give us pause for thought. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English But the effect has been to produce a generaldeadeningin the tempo of national life, a slowing down in practically every field of activity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is nothing to my mind moredeadeningthan merely relying on precedents and never being able to get outside precedents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is also the worsening of the furtherdeadeningimpact on unemployment figures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has had a serious effect on manufactures and a verydeadeningeffect on the workpeople. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But really one of the mostdeadeningthings that people talk about today is uniformity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is some evidence against the previous theory that such high levels of taxation would have a universallydeadeningeffect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We can only have success in industry if we get away from the presentdeadeningeffect of a bad system of paying wages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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