V-T If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud. 使(感觉)减弱
He needs morphine to deaden the pain in his chest.
他需要吗啡来减轻胸口处的疼痛。
The dentist deadened the nerve with Novocaine.
牙医用奴佛卡因麻醉神经。
I studied so uninterruptedly, so obsessively, that the feelings and thoughts that had been deadened by the trial remained deadened.
我这样不间断、这样着魔似的用工，情感和思想因那次审判变得麻木不仁的状态仍然挥之不去。
It's much brxdyer to ask questions even when there's a prospect of ridicule than to suppress your questions and become deadened to the world around you.
明知会引起嘲笑而提问要比把问题埋在心里、对周围的一切变得麻木不仁要勇敢得多。
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