Word
benumbing
/biˈnʌm/
verb
使失去感觉，使麻木，使迟钝
benumbing is the present participle of benumb.
核心释义
make numb or insensitive
- 1.
使麻木；使失去知觉(如因寒冷或麻醉)
To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.
- 2.
使迟钝；使麻木(头脑、官能等)
To deaden, dull (the mind, faculties, etc.).
使麻木；使失去知觉(如因寒冷或麻醉)；使迟钝；使麻木(头脑、官能等)；使失去感觉；使迟钝；使麻木
用法In use
The freezing wind benumbed my fingers within minutes.
用法提示：benumbed 是过去式，用作及物动词，表示物理上的使麻木。
Watching the same tragic news repeatedly is benumbing the public's sensitivity.
用法提示：benumbing 是现在分词，与 is 构成进行时，表示情感上的使麻木。
The monotonous lecture benumbs the students' minds.
用法提示：benumbs 是第三人称单数现在时，表示精神上的使迟钝。
benumb sth/sb
The cold wind benumbed my fingers.
冷风使我的手指失去知觉。
be benumbed by/with sth
常用于被动结构，表示原因。
His mind was benumbed by the shock.
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