stultifying

adj.

1. 乏味得使人呆滞的；使人思维迟钝的
   making you feel very bored and unable to think of new ideas
   1. the stultifying effects of work that never varies
      一成不变的工作造成的使人呆滞的后果

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. The hive, as the place is known, has long played host to a rotating cast of free-spirited programmers and innovators, many of whom come to San Francisco to escape what they regard as the stultifying atmosphere of Silicon Valley proper.
   这个地方被称为“蜂房”（Hive），长期以来都有无拘无束的编程员和创新者搬进搬去，其中有很多人来到旧金山是为了逃离硅谷那极其单调、却被人尊崇的气氛。
2. The environment can be stultifying, unhealthy, too political and so on.
   环境的问题可能在于让人感觉徒劳无功、不健康或是太勾心斗角等等。
3. The announcement by the country's top censor that all censorship would stop in a country with perhaps the most stultifying media outside North Korea suggested a government keen to change its image.
   缅甸最高审查机构宣布将停止所有媒体审查除朝鲜之外，缅甸媒体也许是世界上最愚蠢的这表明政府迫切希望改变其形象。
4. Once I was dressed in the little bit of shorts, I opened the door to the yoga studio and was met with a rush of hot, stultifying air.
   一次，我穿着小短裤，打开瑜珈馆的门，迎面就吹来一股热而闷的空气。