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benumb sth/sb
The cold wind benumbed my fingers.
冷风使我的手指失去知觉。
使失去感觉，使麻木，使迟钝
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使失去感觉，使麻木，使迟钝
make numb or insensitive
The cold wind benumbed my fingers.
冷风使我的手指失去知觉。
使麻木；使失去知觉(如因寒冷或麻醉)
To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.
使迟钝；使麻木(头脑、官能等)
To deaden, dull (the mind, faculties, etc.).
benumb
Base
原形
benumbs
3rd person
第三人称单数
benumbing
-ing
现在分词
benumbed
Past
过去式
benumbed
Past participle
过去分词
The cold benumbs my fingers.
寒冷使我的手指麻木。
规则动词
The freezing wind benumbed my fingers within minutes.
刺骨的寒风几分钟内就冻僵了我的手指。
Watching the same tragic news repeatedly is benumbing the public's sensitivity.
反复观看同样的悲惨新闻正在使公众的敏感性变得麻木。
The monotonous lecture benumbs the students' minds.
单调的讲座使学生们的大脑变得迟钝。
The cold wind benumbed my fingers.
冷风使我的手指失去知觉。
常用于被动结构，表示原因。
His mind was benumbed by the shock.
他的头脑因震惊而麻木。
表示对...麻木不仁。
After years of war, people became benumbed to violence.
经过多年的战争，人们对暴力变得麻木了。
Not this
After the cold walk, my hands felt benumb.
Use this
After the cold walk, my hands felt benumbed.
“benumb”是动词，表示“使麻木”；描述状态时应用其过去分词“benumbed”作形容词，意为“麻木的”。
Not this
My fingers benumbed in the cold.
Use this
My fingers were benumbed in the cold.
“benumb”是及物动词，需要宾语或用于被动语态；错误句子中将其当作不及物动词使用，应改为被动结构“were benumbed”。
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