stultify
英 ['st?lt?fa?]
美['st?lt?fa???]
- vt. 使變無效；使顯得愚笨；使無價值
GRE
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?stultifies;過去式:?stultified;過去分詞:?stultified;現在分詞:?stultifying;副詞:?stultifyingly;形容詞:?stultifying;
中文詞源
stultify 使思維遲鈍，使呆滯，使乏味
來自拉丁語 stultificare,使變得愚蠢，來自 stultus,愚蠢的，緩慢的，遲鈍的，原義為不想動的， 動不起來的，來自 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亂從而不負任何責任.
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