dumbing

dumbing

美 [dʌm] 　英 [dʌm]

• adj.无言的；无音的；打哑语的；不能说话的
• 网络超级语言杜哑；杀时间和变笨；通东话叫断平

词形变化

比较级：dumber  最高级：dumbest  第三人称单数：dumbs  现在分词：dumbing  过去式：dumbed  

英汉解释

adj.	1. 沉默的,无言的 2. 无音的,无声的,不响的;打手势的,打哑语的 3. 哑的,不能说话的 4. 口齿不清的,(在政府中)无代言人的,政治上无发言权的

英英解释

adj.	1. stupid 2. temporarily unable or unwilling to speak, especially because you are very shocked; permanently unable to speak. This word is now usually considered offensive. The more usual word is speech impaired.

例句

Biologically, culturally and professionally Germany is dumbing down, Mr Sarrazin argued (and was then forced out of his job).

萨拉辛认为，德国在生理、文化以及专业技能上正变得更蠢（随后，他被迫离职）。

But that doesn't change the fact that the White House is aiding and abetting the dumbing down of our deficit debate.

但这不会改变白宫协助并教唆关于赤字问题的讨论简单化的事实。

A best-selling book by a former banker promoted genetic theories of intelligence and said that Muslims were "dumbing down" society.

一本前银行家编著的畅销书就鼓吹智力的基因理论，并称穆斯林是“弱智”社会。

Television has been blamed for the dumbing down of the American public since the ascendance of the boob tube in the 1950s.

自从20世纪50年代显像管电视机风靡以来，电视机就被指责为降低美国公众智力的罪魁祸首。

None of this is an argument for dumbing down, for lowest common denominators or for pandering.

所有这些都不是一个关于缄默，最低的共同标准或迎合的争论。

Prime-time science documentaries are often accused by experts of "dumbing down" .

黄金时间的科学纪录片常常被专家指责“肤浅”。

That it was nothing more than XML scripting and the dumbing down of developers.

只不过是编写XML脚本，开发人员并不把它放在眼内。

the producers categorically deny that they're dumbing down the show.

节目制作者明确否认他们要使节目通俗化。

today there is a dumbing-down of the cubiculum by lowering standards and greatly reducing the content taught in classrooms.

今天，却出现了通过降低标准、大幅度削减课堂教学内容等方法简化课程的现象。

This list is the ultimate confirmation of the dumbing down of America.

这份书单是美国人低能化的一个究极证明。

Yeah. Dumbing down the whole world with their sheer stupidity.

有贡献。他们的愚蠢思想让全世界都变蠢了。

And this dumbing down bodes ill for the nation's future.

这种压制对国家的未来预示着凶兆。

We can't even afford it financially, because Wall Street's demands on Big Media are dumbing down the product itself.

我们甚至都难以负担起用于购买新闻的开销，因为连华尔街都有求于并屈从于大媒霸。

He called it the dumbing down of the Doha round.

他称这过于简化了多哈回合。

Beckham, a banal genius, became a vehicle for debating Britain's dumbing-down.

贝克汉姆，这位平凡的天才，成为了一个围绕当今英国庸俗化进行辩论的载体。

'Dumbing down', the complaint goes, means that people cannot understand long words, or read long books;

“化繁为简”，这个抱怨意味着那些人无法明白长篇大论，或是诵读长篇大作；

second, teaching to the test is a form of dumbing down;

其二，教学测试已是降低标准的一种形式；