blunted

英 [ˈblʌntɪd]

美 [ˈblʌntɪd]

v.  使减弱; 使降低效应; 使(尖端、刃)变钝
blunt的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：blunted　过去式：blunted　

BNC.34269 / COCA.29508

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 直率的；不客气的；直言不讳的
  If you areblunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite.
  1. She is blunt about her personal life...
     她对自己的私生活直言不讳。
  2. She told the industry in blunt terms that such discrimination is totally unacceptable.
     她直截了当地告诉业界，这种歧视是完全无法接受的。
• ADJ （物体）钝的，不锋利的，不尖的
  Abluntobject has a rounded or flat end rather than a sharp one.
  1. One of them had been struck 13 times over the head with a blunt object.
     他们中有一个人的头部被钝器击打13次。
• （刀子或刀片）钝的，不锋利的
  Abluntknife or blade is no longer sharp and does not cut well.
• VERB 使（情感、感觉、需求）减弱；使迟钝
  If somethingbluntsan emotion, a feeling or a need, it weakens it.
  1. The constant repetition of violence has blunted the human response to it...
     反复出现的暴力事件使人们的反应都变得麻木了。
  2. Our appetite was blunted by the beer.
     喝啤酒让我们没有了胃口。

英英释义

adj

• made dull or blunt
  Synonym:dulled

双语例句

• Partly because their sensation of thirst may be blunted.
  其中部分原因在于其自身对于口渴的感觉可能已经变得十分迟钝了。
• When the patient is suffered from autonomic failure, heart rate turbulence is blunted or abolished.
  目的：探讨高血压患者左室肥厚逆转与窦性心率振荡改善的相关性。
• Grief has blunted her senses.
  悲伤使她变得迟钝麻木了。
• Our appetite was blunted by the beer.
  喝啤酒让我们没有了胃口。
• In addition, we demonstrated that maternal licking of pups also blunted adult sensitivity to stress.
  另外，我们已经论证了母亲对新生儿的舔舐也可以减少成年后对压力的敏感性。
• To respond promptly to the new market demand has blunted the electronic giant's competitive edge.
  这家巨型电子企业没有及时对新的市场需求作出反应，结果削弱了自身的竞争力。
• But calculations indicated that fields of interstellar gas would have dissipated a supernova's radiation and blunted its impact.
  但计算显示，星际间的气体可能驱散了超新星的辐射并减弱了其作用。
• But the effectiveness was blunted by the unshakeable legacy of the first term unilateralism.
  但布什在第一个任期实行的单边主义不可动摇的地位，削弱了上述策略的效果。
• Long familiarity with danger, too, had blunted his sensibilities.
  由于长期以来一直与危险打交道，他已经对危险麻木不仁了。
• He eased restrictions on the long-banned Kurdish language and blunted the army's influence.
  他缓解了对库尔德语的长期禁止，并且减弱军队的影响力。