词汇 | stultify |
释义 | stultify verb[ T ] formaldisapprovinguk /ˈstʌl.tɪ.faɪ/ us /ˈstʌl.tə.faɪ/ to prevent something from developing, or prevent someone from developing new ideas: 阻碍发展;使…僵化 She felt the repetitive exercises stultified her musical technique so she stopped doing them.她觉得重复的练习使她的音乐技巧变得僵化,所以她不再做这些练习。 The new set of measures could stultify the industry. See stultifying He feared that the job would stultify his creativity forever. The mention of her name appeared to stultify him. The regulations stultify the freedom of workers. Deteriorating and making worse add admin aggravate backslide be downhillidiom debase deteriorate deterioration devaluation devalue disintegrate dog one step forward, two steps backidiom regress regression regressive regressively wear thinidiom worse worsen You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Preventing and impeding |
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