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

• The years had not blunted his keen intelligence.
  岁月没有减弱他那敏锐的理解力。
• The spur of ambition was blunted; he had no vitality with which to feel the prod of it.
  豪情壮志没有了，活力没有了，澎湃的热情感觉不到了。
• His nerves had become blunted, numb, while his mind was filled with weird visions and delicious dreams.
  他的神经已经变得迟钝、脑子里则充满了奇异的幻想和充满美味的梦境。
• 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。
• Though its interest-rate target has dropped to1%, the benefits have been blunted by bankers 'and investors' lack of capital and by their suspicion of customers 'creditworthiness.
  虽然他们的已经把利率目标降到了1%，但是银行家和投资人缺乏资本，怀疑客户的信用能力，这两个因素消解了降息所带来的好处。
• If you blunted this stick.
  如果你把这个磨钝些。
• The slowdown appears to have blunted the recent surge in prices.
  经济放缓似乎抑制了近期价格的攀升。
• 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。
• Our appetite was blunted by the beer.
  喝啤酒让我们没有了胃口。
• This has blunted a key channel of monetary policy and led to large numbers of foreclosures.
  这削弱了货币政策的一条关键渠道，导致了大量的止赎事件。