Stultify

['stʌltɪfaɪ] or ['stʌltɪfaɪɪŋ]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) cause to appear foolish; 'He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent'.

(verb.) prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence; 'nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself'.

整理:洛厄尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct.

(v. t.) To regard as a fool, or as foolish.

(v. t.) To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided.

格温多林手打

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Make foolish, prove foolish, make a fool of.

手打:奥拉夫

解釋/意思:

v.t. to make a fool of: to cause to appear foolish: to destroy the force of one's argument by self-contradiction: (law) to allege or prove to be of unsound mind:—pa.t. and pa.p. stul′tified.—ns. Stultificā′tion act of stultifying or making foolish; Stul′tifier one who stultifies or makes a fool of; Stultil′oquence Stultil′oquy foolish talk or discourse babbling.—adj. Stultil′oquent.—adv. Stultil′oquently.

編輯:朱尔斯