stultify

verb

1. deprive of strength or efficiency
make useless or worthless

e.g. This measure crippled our efforts
Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work

Synonym: cripple

2. cause to appear foolish

e.g. He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent

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

e.g. nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself

1. 使思维迟钝;使厌烦;使呆滞
If something stultifies you, it makes you feel empty or dull in your mind, because it is so boring.

e.g. This attitude stultifies scientific progress...
这种态度会扼杀科学的进步。
e.g. Only a uniformed guard stultified with boredom might have overheard them.
只有一名穿制服的无聊警卫可能偷听到了他们的谈话。

1. 显得愚笨：stultification 愚笨 | stultify 显得愚笨 | stum 未发酵葡萄汁

2. 使无用：strident尖声的 | stultify使无用 | stupor昏迷

3. 使无效,使无价值：steerage 驾驶,操纵;下等客舱 | strategy 战略;策略 | stultify 使无效,使无价值

4. 使显得愚笨, 使成为徒劳, 使变无效 (动)：stultification 显得愚笨; 变无效 (名) | stultify 使显得愚笨, 使成为徒劳, 使变无效 (动) | stumble 绊倒, 失策, 失足; 使绊倒, 使困惑 (动)