stultify

英 ['stʌltɪfaɪ] 美 ['stʌltɪfaɪ]

• vt. 使 ... 显得愚蠢； 使 ... 无效； 使 ... 厌烦

英英释义

Verb:

1. prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence;

   "nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself"
   

2. cause to appear foolish;

   "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent"
   

3. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless;

   "This measure crippled our efforts"
   "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"
   

经典引文

• I, to stultify my book for the sake of popularity, money!

  出自： C. Kingsley

词汇搭配

• stultifying 动词stultify...

近反义词

【近义词】

• numb 麻木的
• bore 使厌烦
• dull 呆滞的
• deaden 使(感觉、痛苦等)减弱...
• put off 不安
• make a fool of 愚弄
• belittle 轻视
• set up 建立
• ridicule 嘲笑
• humiliate 使 ... 蒙羞
• negate 否定
• cancel out 消除
• block 街区
• preempt 以优先购买权获得...
• pre-empt <美> 先占
• cripple 跛者