Their sensations are not blunted by the incessant abuse of the spur and the whip.

它们的感知并没有因鞭子的不停抽打而变得迟钝。

It's just that I soon realized why my harpoon got blunted and couldn't puncture its hide.

不过，我很快就了解我的鱼叉为什么不能伤害它，为什么碰在它表皮上就碰弯了。

But in so doing they have also blunted their own incentive to train their workers—and lead to more abuse.

不过这也伤害了企业培训员工的积极性，并引发更多虐待劳工行为。

His one-word send-off: brisk, bold, and blunted—take your pick, he couldn't be bothered which.

接着，几乎不假思索地，背对着出租车，他挥了挥手，朝车上另一位乘客，或许是从车站一起拼车过来的，吐出一句漫不经心的“再说吧”。没有称呼，也没有匆匆告别时过渡的俏皮话，什么都没有。他那简短的道别显得轻快、冒失而唐突——随你怎么说，他才不在乎。

It is true that by hiring labour from third parties the country's employers have blunted the law's effect.

很多雇主通过第三方雇佣劳动力，因此劳动法已经名存实亡。

Her weapons of scorn, coldness and abuse blunted in her hands, for nothing she could say would shame him.

可这条规律对于瑞德并不适用。

It's import has been blunted slightly as have its teeth.

它的进口和它的牙齿一样略微变钝。

Recent progress has been blunted by new setbacks, including the COVID-19 crisis.

最近的进展因新的挫折而减弱，包括 COVID-19 危机。

The absence of competitive pressure blunted incentives to improve.

缺乏竞争压力削弱了改进的动力。

I suppose he blunted them gouging nuggets out of the gold fields.

我想他把它们弄钝了， 是为了从金矿中挖出金块。

Halleck watched the action, turned at the last minute to let the blunted blade pass his chest.

哈莱克注视着这一幕，在最后一刻转身让钝刃擦过他的胸膛。

And some of Biden's political opponents even some fellow Democrats have blunted more sweeping legislation, arguing that those Industries create valuable jobs.

拜登的一些政治对手，甚至一些民主党同僚，已经削弱了更全面的立法，辩称这些行业创造了宝贵的就业机会。

Kitty noticed that her sister's pregnancy had blunted her features and in her black dress she looked gross and blousy.

Kitty 注意到她姐姐的怀孕使她的五官变钝了， 穿着她的黑裙子， 她看起来很粗俗， 而且衣衫褴褛。

Russia launched several waves of drone and missile attacks against Ukraine's port city of Odesa, although Ukraine says it blunted the nighttime assaults.

俄罗斯对乌克兰港口城市敖德萨发动了几波无人机和导弹袭击，尽管乌克兰表示，它削弱了夜间攻击。

The people get to look upon it as an every-day occurrence, and their sense of the sacredness of human life gets blunted.

人们开始将其视为日常事件，他们对人生神圣性的认识变得迟钝。

His sight and hearing were somewhat blunted by age, and he was proceeding very slowly; for his horse was old and feeble, like his owner.

岁月的风霜使他的视力和听力都变得不再敏锐，他走得非常缓慢，因为他的马和主人一样，已经年老体衰。

The visit blunted the feeling of loneliness in him so that when he said goodbye he was at peace with himself once more.

这次拜访削弱了他的孤独感，所以当他说再见时，他又一次与自己平静下来。

Between the time he found Nicole flowering under a stone on the Zurichsee and the moment of his meeting with Rosemary the spear had been blunted.

从他发现妮可在苏黎世湖的一块石头下开花， 到他与罗斯玛丽会面的那一刻， 长矛已经变钝了。

This woman of eighty, in a large mob cap, under which she wore a little cap to keep the other clean, retained faculties but little blunted.

这个八十岁的女人，戴着一顶大便帽，帽下还戴了一顶小帽子，以保持另一顶干净，五官还保留着，但有点迟钝。

The master-at-arms put a hand on Robb's shoulder to quiet him. " Live steel is too dangerous. I will permit you tourney swords, with blunted edges. "

教头伸手按住罗柏的肩膀，要他冷静。" 用真剑太危险，我只准你们用比武时的钝剑。"