stultify

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stultify /ˈstʌltɪˌfaɪ/ (stultifying,stultified,stultifies)

• 1. V-T If something stultifies you, or if it stultifies your energy or ambition, it makes you feel empty or dull in your mind, because it is so boring. 使呆滞; 使厌烦[正式]

  ...a uniformed guard stultified with boredom. ...一名穿制服的闲得无聊的警卫。

  We must fight low expectations because they stultify ambition. 我们一定要摆脱较低的期望，因为它们会磨灭我们的志向。

• 2. stultifyingADJ

  ...the stultifying routines of life at home. ...家里面单调乏味的生活琐事。

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