英语词汇“inure”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To inure is to get used to something difficult or unpleasant. If after spending an hour in your brother's room, you stop noticing the stinky-sock smell, you have become inured to the odor.

Although the Latin roots of inure mean "in work," it may be easier to think of "in use" when you see inure. Got new shoes that give you blisters? When they are "in use" long enough, your feet will become inured to the spots that rub, and while you may have calluses, you will not be in pain. You can be inured to more abstract things too. When weathermen constantly play up the next big snowstorm or blizzard, you become inured to it and stop paying attention to them.

WORD FAMILY

inure: inured, inures, inuring

USAGE EXAMPLES

Their parents, of course, were no less bereaved for being more inured, and they were left without even snapshots to cherish.

New York Times(Dec 29, 2016)

More than glorifying or condemning violence, the image simply inures us to these daily horrors.

New York Times(Dec 23, 2016)

The good news is that, despite the psychological and physical wounds that sustained terrorist campaigns inflict, societies can become inured to them.

Economist(Sep 01, 2016)

v cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

He was inured to the cold

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

harden, indurate

callous, cauterise, cauterize

make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

brace oneself for, prepare for, steel oneself against, steel onself for

prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant

accustom, habituate

make psychologically or physically used (to something)

单词	inure
释义	inure (once / 3895 pages) v To inure is to get used to something difficult or unpleasant. If after spending an hour in your brother's room, you stop noticing the stinky-sock smell, you have become inured to the odor. Although the Latin roots of inure mean "in work," it may be easier to think of "in use" when you see inure. Got new shoes that give you blisters? When they are "in use" long enough, your feet will become inured to the spots that rub, and while you may have calluses, you will not be in pain. You can be inured to more abstract things too. When weathermen constantly play up the next big snowstorm or blizzard, you become inured to it and stop paying attention to them. WORD FAMILY inure: inured, inures, inuring USAGE EXAMPLES Their parents, of course, were no less bereaved for being more inured, and they were left without even snapshots to cherish. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) More than glorifying or condemning violence, the image simply inures us to these daily horrors. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) The good news is that, despite the psychological and physical wounds that sustained terrorist campaigns inflict, societies can become inured to them. Economist(Sep 01, 2016) v cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate He was inured to the cold Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper harden, indurate callous, cauterise, cauterize make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals brace oneself for, prepare for, steel oneself against, steel onself for prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant accustom, habituate make psychologically or physically used (to something)
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