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
benumbs — third person singular of benumb
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
make numb or insensitive
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.).
一般现在时
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。
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.
反复观看同样的悲惨新闻正在使公众的敏感性变得麻木。
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.
单调的讲座使学生们的大脑变得迟钝。
用法提示：benumbs 是第三人称单数现在时，表示精神上的使迟钝。
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。
grammar · medium
易错句子After the cold walk, my hands felt benumb.
正确表达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”。
grammar · medium
易错句子My fingers benumbed in the cold.
正确表达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”。
numb可作形容词或动词，benumb仅作动词；numb更常用，benumb较正式
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