stultify
英 ['st?lt?fa?]
美['st?lt?fa???]
- vt. 使變無(wú)效；使顯得愚笨；使無(wú)價(jià)值
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?stultifies;過(guò)去式:?stultified;過(guò)去分詞:?stultified;現(xiàn)在分詞:?stultifying;副詞:?stultifyingly;形容詞:?stultifying;
中文詞源
stultify 使思維遲鈍，使呆滯，使乏味
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) stultificare,使變得愚蠢，來(lái)自 stultus,愚蠢的，緩慢的，遲鈍的，原義為不想動(dòng)的， 動(dòng)不起來(lái)的，來(lái)自 PIE*stel,站立，放置，詞源同 stall,still,stolid.
英文詞源
- stultify (v.)
- 1766, "allege to be of unsound mind" (legal term), from Late Latin stultificare "turn into foolishness," from Latin stultus "foolish" (literally "uneducated, unmovable," from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand") + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). The first element is cognate with Latin stolidus "slow, dull, obtuse" (see stolid). Meaning "cause to appear foolish or absurd" is from 1809. Hence stultiloquy "foolish talk, silly babbling" (1650s). Related: Stultified; stultifying.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself.
- 法律不允許任何人聲明自己精神錯(cuò)亂從而不負(fù)任何責(zé)任.
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