psychic numbingPsychic numbing is a tendency for individuals or societies to withdraw attention from past experiences that were traumatic, or from future threats that are perceived to have massive consequences but low probability. Psychic numbing can be a response to threats as diverse as financial and economic collapse, nuclear terrorism, pandemics caused by genetic engineering, and global warming.
numbing 例句
英汉例句
underground larvae feed on worms and slugs by injecting them with a numbing fluid.
地下萤火虫幼虫会寄生于蠕虫和蛞蝓,使其麻木分解并以此为食。
sometimes the numbing effect of tv can be helpful. especially if you「re a kid being stuck(2) with a needle at the hospital.
有时电视的麻木作用会很有帮助,特别是当你是个孩子,正在医院挨针的时候。
if you are too busy with mind numbing work – stop it.
如果你忙于让你思想麻木的工作——停下来吧。
the numbing poverty that bobby kennedy would help highlight before his death;
肯尼迪总统在遇刺前对贫困愈发麻木;
the news was too numbing for jimmy to cry.
这个消息实在太惊人了,以致于他麻木到忘了哭泣。
sunday」s numbing 3-1 defeat against manchester united has left arsenal four points behind their conquerors and five adrift of chelsea - having played a game more than the leaders.
constant media exposure creates stress while also numbing people to normal human interaction. and to pay for it all, people are working longer hours and enduring longer commutes.