stultify /ˈstʌltɪˌfaɪ/ ( stultifying, stultified, stultifies )

• 1. 

  V-T If something stultifies you, or if it stultifies your energy or ambition, it makes you feel empty or dull in your mind, because it is so boring. 使呆滞; 使厌烦 [正式]

  例：

  ...a uniformed guard stultified with boredom.

  ...一名穿制服的闲得无聊的警卫。

  例：

  We must fight low expectations because they stultify ambition.

  我们一定要摆脱较低的期望，因为它们会磨灭我们的志向。

• 2. 

  stultifying ADJ

  例：

  ...the stultifying routines of life at home.

  ...家里面单调乏味的生活琐事。