stultify
英 ['stʌltɪfaɪ]
美['stʌltɪfaɪɪŋ]
GRE
中文词源
stultify 使思维迟钝，使呆滞，使乏味来自拉丁语 stultificare,使变得愚蠢，来自 stultus,愚蠢的，缓慢的，迟钝的，原义为不想动的， 动不起来的，来自 PIE*stel,站立，放置，词源同 stall,still,stolid.
词态变化
第三人称单数: stultifies;过去式: stultified;过去分词: stultified;现在分词: stultifying;副词: stultifyingly;形容词: stultifying;
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself.
- 法律不允许任何人声明自己精神错乱从而不负任何责任.
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英英释意
- 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"
