单词	dumbing down
释义	dumbdumb2 verb Verb Table VERB TABLE dumb Simple Form Present I, you, we, they dumb he, she, it dumbs Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they dumbed Present perfect I, you, we, they have dumbed he, she, it has dumbed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had dumbed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will dumb Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have dumbed Continuous Form Present I am dumbing he, she, it is dumbing you, we, they are dumbing Past I, he, she, it was dumbing you, we, they were dumbing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been dumbing he, she, it has been dumbing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been dumbing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be dumbing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been dumbing Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► dumb luck American English (=sheer good luck, not influenced by anything you did)· Sometimes I think my success was really just dumb luck. ► play dumb  ‘What do you mean?’ ‘Don’t play dumb (=pretend you do not know something).' Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► dumb/stupid cluck You dumb cluck, why'd you tell him? ► be struck dumb Amy was struck dumb. Was it possible that her own son had deceived her? When he arrived at the scene of the disaster, he was struck dumb with horror and amazement. At times 25,000-plus onlookers were struck dumb by tension and anticipation, a hiccup resounding like a roar. I was told it was Duart was struck dumb. No wonder the computer wizards were struck dumb by the place; the narcissistic attraction must have been overwhelming. Once again I was struck dumb by the mystery of the world. One edged remark, and she would be struck dumb. dumb something ↔ down to present news or information in a simple and attractive way without many details so that everyone can understand it – used to show disapproval:  Have history textbooks been dumbed down over the past decade?—dumbing down noun [uncountable]
随便看	symmetrically symmetry sympathetic sympathetically sympathize sympathizer sympathy symphonic symphony symposium symptom symptomatic symptomatically syn- synaesthesia synagogue synapse synaptic sync synchronicity synchronization synchronize synchronized swimming synchronous syncopated

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