numbing
present participle ofnumb
| 单词 | numbing |
| 释义 | numbing present participle ofnumb numb verb[T] uk/nʌm/us/nʌm/to make something or someonefeelnumb: Theextremecoldnumbed herfaceandhands. Thechildrenare still numbed bytheirfather'sdeath. Synonyms blunt dull Unable to feel anything
Examplesofnumbingnumbing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. He also coined the word ' de-affectualization ' to refer to ' emotionalnumbing', a frequent complaint amongst patients suffering with the condition. From theCambridge English Corpus In 1980, symptoms were limited mainly to dreams, intrusive images, phobias,numbing, difficulty concentrating, irritability, and so on. From theCambridge English Corpus There is some distracting repetition and so much detail on the famines that it is almostnumbing. From theCambridge English Corpus The consequence of the dream experience is emotionalnumbingand not the cause of the experience or the dream plot. From theCambridge English Corpus And indeed, a form of distancing andnumbingmay be needed in facing the end of life and the impending separation from loved ones. From theCambridge English Corpus The crystallization of such a personality style includes psychological constriction, massivenumbing, rage, and, in some cases, identification with an aggressive perpetrator. From theCambridge English Corpus If the victims did not experience such images, the explanation was that they were in the denial ornumbingphase of the traumatic syndrome. From theCambridge English Corpus In the psychiatric literature, dissociation is characterized by the victim having subjective experiences of emotionalnumbing, derealization, depersonalization, and perceptual alterations during the trauma. From theCambridge English Corpus The second dimension involved defensive efforts to deny the trauma, including emotionalnumbing, amnesia, and other attempts to suppress or avoid the trauma. From theCambridge English Corpus Dewey's pragmatism, too, offers a more hopeful guide to action than thenumbingirrelevance of contemporary cultural theory. From theCambridge English Corpus Sertraline was superior to placebo on 15 of 17 symptoms, especially in thenumbingand hyperarousal clusters. From theCambridge English Corpus For the other scales, rates of decline were 21 % for avoidance, 21 % fornumbingand 38 % for hyperarousal, yet treatment effect remained significant in the model. From theCambridge English Corpus Freud's ideas about the patient's defensive efforts to control the repetition were assimilated into the denial ornumbingphase of the two-dimensional model. From theCambridge English Corpus A composite score is constructed using the total of the frequency plus intensity scores for the 17 symptoms of reexperiencing of the traumatic event, avoidance 0numbing, and increased arousal. From theCambridge English Corpus The poor region would allocate some of the increase in labor to producing good 2 and compete with the rich country,numbingthe impact on the terms-of-trade. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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