词汇 | soul-destroying |
释义 | soul-destroying adjective uk /ˈsəʊl.dɪˌstrɔɪ.ɪŋ/ us /ˈsoʊl.dɪˌstrɔɪ.ɪŋ/ A soul-destroying job or other activity is so boring that it makes you very unhappy: (工作等)非常枯燥的,消磨精神的 Repetitive work can become soul-destroying after a while.重复性工作干不了多久就会令人厌烦。 Tedious and uninspiring (as) dull as ditchwateridiom anonymous banal banally basic marginal marmoreal meh menial menially staidly stale staleness stodgily stodgy watch paint dryidiom watch the clockidiom wearisome wearisomely weary Examples of soul-destroyingsoul-destroying Men—good honest trustworthy men—are leaving the railways every week in large numbers, all because of this soul-destroying system of remote control. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the more soul-destroying—being a hen in a battery complex or being a worker on a car production line? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing is more soul-destroying than that, and probably the hen would choose to be in a pen rather than on such a production line. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I detest unemployment, which is soul-destroying and wasteful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No matter how criminal a man may be, can he possibly merit such soul-destroying punishment? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unemployment is bad enough at any time, but it must be soul-destroying for anyone to begin his adult life living on the dole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We realise that unemployment is a human tragedy and a social evil and that it is soul-destroying and creates resentment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They knew that it would be an unpopular and a soul-destroying business. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then there are the soul-destroying and comparatively minor evils of pollution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What a soul-destroying experience it must be when a man of 50 is faced with the fact that he is unlikely to work again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a soul-destroying task for those who interviewed the eager applicants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing is more soul-destroying for men than to feel that they are making no contribution to the work and life of the nation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The impact on film-making caused by overtime agreements is soul-destroying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he consider taking some action to reduce the very serious amount of soul-destroying work given to the prisoners? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Inspectors make a difference, but one can understand how soul-destroying their work load is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of soul-destroying These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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