stultify
/stuhl-tuh-fahy/US // ˈstʌl təˌfaɪ //UK // (ˈstʌltɪˌfaɪ) //
僵化,窒息,停滞不前,僵化的
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v.有主动词 verb
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stul·ti·fied, stul·ti·fy·ing.
- : to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
- : to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, especially by degrading or frustrating means: Menial work can stultify the mind.
- : Law. to allege or prove to be of unsound mind.
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verbridicule
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verbinhibit
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It occurred to him that modern education existed largely to stultify independent thought.
"To thank men like Cowan, who did not desire to enfranchise woman any more than the negro, was to stultify ourselves," he said.
The latter has allowed its prejudices and its feelings to obliterate or to stultify its reason.
Link-torches, unless of the best pitch-pine (Pinus resinosa), do not burn with sufficient brightness to stultify the pigeons.
As she took a step towards the bridge-tables, Jack felt that he was losing her; yet he would only stultify himself by an apology.
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