| 单词 | soul-destroying |
| 释义 | soul-destroying adjective uk/ˈsəʊl.dɪˌstrɔɪ.ɪŋ/us/ˈsoʊl.dɪˌstrɔɪ.ɪŋ/A soul-destroyingjobor otheractivityis soboringthat it makes you veryunhappy: （工作等）非常枯燥的，消磨精神的Repetitiveworkcanbecomesoul-destroying after a while.重复性工作干不了多久就会令人厌烦。 Tedious and uninspiring
Examplesofsoul-destroyingsoul-destroying Men—good honest trustworthy men—are leaving the railways every week in large numbers, all because of thissoul-destroyingsystem of remote control. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the moresoul-destroying—being a hen in a battery complex or being a worker on a car production line? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing is moresoul-destroyingthan that, and probably the hen would choose to be in a pen rather than on such a production line. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I detest unemployment, which issoul-destroyingand wasteful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No matter how criminal a man may be, can he possibly merit suchsoul-destroyingpunishment? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Unemployment is bad enough at any time, but it must besoul-destroyingfor anyone to begin his adult life living on the dole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We realise that unemployment is a human tragedy and a social evil and that it issoul-destroyingand creates resentment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They knew that it would be an unpopular and asoul-destroyingbusiness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Then there are thesoul-destroyingand comparatively minor evils of pollution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What asoul-destroyingexperience it must be when a man of 50 is faced with the fact that he is unlikely to work again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was asoul-destroyingtask for those who interviewed the eager applicants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing is moresoul-destroyingfor men than to feel that they are making no contribution to the work and life of the nation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The impact on film-making caused by overtime agreements issoul-destroying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he consider taking some action to reduce the very serious amount ofsoul-destroyingwork given to the prisoners? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Inspectors make a difference, but one can understand howsoul-destroyingtheir work load is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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