deafen

/'defәn/ uk　 词频 #28547

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deafen 是什么意思

中文释义

vt. 使聋

vi. 变聋

英文释义

v. be unbearably loud

v. make or render deaf

v. make soundproof

deafen 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 deafen 在自然语境里怎么用：

There are certain eras which are too complex, too deafened by contradictory historical and intellectual experiences, to hear the voice of sanity.

—— Cass Sunstein: “To attribute social terribleness to liberalism is reckless. Liberalism isn’t a force in history. It’s not Voldemort”

Audrey Hudson, twenty-four, is a gifted battlefield surgeon who feigns muteness to comfort Carter Reynolds, a combat soldier deafened by an explosion.

—— Inside the World-Conquering Rise of the Micro-Drama

Maybe their ears deafen to the sounds around them, the hair rises on the backs of their necks or they lose track of the passage of time.

—— The Invention of Empathy: Rilke, Rodin, and the Art of “Inseeing”

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