deadens
v. 抑制 (感情),緩和 (疼痛)( deaden的第三人稱單數 ); 減弱 (聲音)
If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud.
He needs morphine to deaden the pain in his chest...
他需要嗎啡來緩解胸痛。
They managed to deaden the sound on TV every time the alleged victim's name was spoken.
每當提到據稱是受害者的人的姓名時,他們都設法調低電視機的聲音。
I sometimes wonder at him with an intensity that deadens my fear.
我有時覺得他實在奇怪,奇怪得減低了我的恐懼.
Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.
要小心太多的笑聲, 因它鈍化我們的心靈併產生健忘.