stultify

1. VERB 使思维迟钝;使厌烦;使呆滞
   If something stultifies you, it makes you feel empty or dull in your mind, because it is so boring.
   1. This attitude stultifies scientific progress...
      这种态度会扼杀科学的进步。
   2. Only a uniformed guard stultified with boredom might have overheard them.
      只有一名穿制服的无聊警卫可能偷听到了他们的谈话。

1. Only a uniformed guard stultified with boredom might have overheard them.
   只有一名穿制服的无聊警卫可能偷听到了他们的谈话。
2. As the chronic political disorder continues to stultify the economy, Nepal's status as an investment friendly country has further relegated.
   由于长期政治动荡持续扰乱经济，尼泊尔的投资友好国家排名不断下滑。

verb

1. deprive of strength or efficiency
   1. This measure crippled our efforts
   2. Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work

   Synonym:    cripple

2. cause to appear foolish
   1. He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent

3. prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
   1. nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself