请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 narcotize
释义

Definition of narcotize in English:

narcotize

(British narcotise)
verb ˈnɑːkətʌɪzˈnɑrkəˌtaɪz
[with object]
  • 1Affect with or as if with a narcotic drug.

    they wanted to narcotize you so you wouldn't be sensitive to them
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It has no future and is bulldozing its past in a desperate attempt to lull hapless inhabitants into a narcotised state of believing nothing will ever change.
    • The early tabloid press, music hall, silent cinema, radio - all were denounced in their time as narcotising trash.
    • To some adult eyes it was an acid trip; to others it was visual Muzak, an attempt to narcotize the youngest generation of TV viewers ever.
    • Far from dismissing mainstream studio pictures as lifeless products designed to narcotize the masses, he insisted that these pictures are suggestive of ‘what the people miss in their own lives.’
    • In my narcotised state I was delighted to see long-nosed hawkfish on the black coral: the first I had seen east of Fiji.
    • Based on the short stories of cult writer Dennis Johnson, the film is an elegy to the narcotised low-life of 1970s, small town USA.
    • The second is that rather than ‘shock and awe,’ such images produce shock and numbness, compassion fatigue, and narcotized state of mind.
    • Other oil fractions showed additional effects, blocking pheromone reception or narcotising and intoxicating animals.
    • The wounded troops flying in and out are often in misery or a narcotized stupor, while those treated with blocks remain awake and pain-free despite massive injuries.
    • Darnielle's recollection of events, however, is anything but a narcotized blur.
    • It's a narcotising vista, causing the pupils to shrink, the heart to beat faster.
    • One of the movie's indelible motifs is the sight of viewers huddled together around a television set, eyes glazed over, happily narcotized by the flickering images.
    • Postman prefers Huxley to Orwell and argues that there is no need for Big Brother to conceal anything from citizens whom technological diversion has largely narcotized.
    • Or is it, as I think Jim is suggesting, that college-aged students have become so narcotized by our entertainment-obsessed culture that they don't see what may be headed their way?
    • In the experiments on narcotized rats, a decrease in the level of the registered signal was observed after an injection of a lethal dose of Nembutal.
    • Its loping beat is pretty hard to resist and I'll admit I'm a sucker for that narcotized feel.
    Synonyms
    drug, administer drugs to, administer narcotics to, administer opiates to
    1. 1.1 Make (something) have a soporific or narcotic effect.
      the essence of apple blossom narcotizes the air

Derivatives

  • narcotization

  • noun nɑːkətʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
    • After the animal showed signs of narcotisation, the vehicles would close in slowly to enable fast response immediately it went down.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They use narcotization to avoid conflict and to maintain a self image of being comfortable or harmonious.
      • These are known as opsonins or alexins, and they act on the bacteria by a process comparable to narcotisation, and render them an easy prey for the phagocytes.
      • The major, if not the only, driving force behind the ongoing narcotisation of Russia is the economic interest of the illicit drug business.
      • It is not a loud call for more stimulation or more narcotization - nor yet a call for more poisoning, more injury, greater exhaustion - but a cry of distress.
 
 

Definition of narcotize in US English:

narcotize

(British narcotise)
verbˈnɑrkəˌtaɪzˈnärkəˌtīz
[with object]
  • 1Stupefy with or as if with a drug.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In my narcotised state I was delighted to see long-nosed hawkfish on the black coral: the first I had seen east of Fiji.
    • It's a narcotising vista, causing the pupils to shrink, the heart to beat faster.
    • In the experiments on narcotized rats, a decrease in the level of the registered signal was observed after an injection of a lethal dose of Nembutal.
    • The early tabloid press, music hall, silent cinema, radio - all were denounced in their time as narcotising trash.
    • The wounded troops flying in and out are often in misery or a narcotized stupor, while those treated with blocks remain awake and pain-free despite massive injuries.
    • It has no future and is bulldozing its past in a desperate attempt to lull hapless inhabitants into a narcotised state of believing nothing will ever change.
    • Postman prefers Huxley to Orwell and argues that there is no need for Big Brother to conceal anything from citizens whom technological diversion has largely narcotized.
    • One of the movie's indelible motifs is the sight of viewers huddled together around a television set, eyes glazed over, happily narcotized by the flickering images.
    • To some adult eyes it was an acid trip; to others it was visual Muzak, an attempt to narcotize the youngest generation of TV viewers ever.
    • Darnielle's recollection of events, however, is anything but a narcotized blur.
    • Based on the short stories of cult writer Dennis Johnson, the film is an elegy to the narcotised low-life of 1970s, small town USA.
    • Far from dismissing mainstream studio pictures as lifeless products designed to narcotize the masses, he insisted that these pictures are suggestive of ‘what the people miss in their own lives.’
    • Or is it, as I think Jim is suggesting, that college-aged students have become so narcotized by our entertainment-obsessed culture that they don't see what may be headed their way?
    • The second is that rather than ‘shock and awe,’ such images produce shock and numbness, compassion fatigue, and narcotized state of mind.
    • Other oil fractions showed additional effects, blocking pheromone reception or narcotising and intoxicating animals.
    • Its loping beat is pretty hard to resist and I'll admit I'm a sucker for that narcotized feel.
    Synonyms
    drug, administer drugs to, administer narcotics to, administer opiates to
    1. 1.1 Make (something) have a soporific or narcotic effect.
      the essence of apple blossom narcotizes the air
 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/24 4:16:57