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to dumb down
Снизить стандарты/снижение стандартов. Наверное, это наиболее часто используемое клише в английских газетах. Оно представляет собой сравнительно недавнее заимствование американского значения слова dumb — глупый. Это выражение обычно используется как критика по поводу ухудшений в системе или в методе, прежде считавшихся соответствующими высоким стандартам.
Some newspapers report a general dumbing down that is affecting British society at all levels. — Некоторые газеты отмечают снижение интеллектуальных способностей британского общества на всех уровнях.
English-Russian dictionary of expressions > to dumb down
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This is one of the dumbest TV shows I’ve ever seen. 
Это одно из самых глупейших телевизионных шоу, что я когда-либо видел.
I’m not dumb enough to believe that.
Я не настолько глуп, чтобы этому поверить.
He just stood there with a dumb grin on his face.
Он просто стоял и глупо улыбался.
He was born deaf and dumb.
Он родился глухонемым.
It was a dumb idea in the first place.
Это с самого начала была дурацкая затея. / Это изначально было глупостью.
His success is just a matter of dumb luck.
Его успех — это просто вопрос чистого везения.
It was dumb luck that we found this place at all.
Нам очень повезло, что мы вообще нашли это место.
Возможные однокоренные слова
dumb — немой, тупой, глупый, бессловесный, бить палкой
dumbness — немота
dumbly — безмолвно, молчаливо
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Definitions For Dumbing
Verb
{{present participle of, en, dumb, nocat=1}}
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The word Dumbing is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Dumbing in a Sentence
- I’m not dumb enough to believe that.
- It was a dumb idea in the first place.
- He just stood there with a dumb grin on his face.
- The terrible news dumbed her for a long moment, and then she burst into tears
Antonyms for Dumbing
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dumb
(dŭm)
adj. dumb·er, dumb·est
1.
a. Lacking the power of speech. Used of animals and inanimate objects.
b. Offensive Incapable of using speech; mute. Used of humans. See Usage Note at mute.
2. Temporarily speechless, as with shock or fear: I was dumb with disbelief.
3. Unwilling to speak; taciturn.
4. Not expressed or articulated in sounds or words: dumb resentment.
5. Nautical Not self-propelling.
6. Conspicuously unintelligent; stupid: dumb officials; a dumb decision.
7. Unintentional; haphazard: dumb luck.
tr.v. dumbed, dumb·ing, dumbs
To make silent or dumb.
Phrasal Verb:
dumb down (or up)
Slang To rewrite for a less educated or less sophisticated audience.
[Middle English, from Old English.]
dumb′ly adv.
dumb′ness n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
dumb
(dʌm)
adj
1. lacking the power of human speech: dumb animals.
2. (Pathology) offensive lacking the power to speak, either because of defects in the vocal organs or because of hereditary deafness
3. temporarily lacking or bereft of the power to speak: struck dumb.
4. refraining from speech; uncommunicative
5. producing no sound; silent: a dumb piano.
6. made, done, or performed without speech
7. informal
a. slow to understand; dim-witted
b. foolish; stupid. See also dumb down
8. (Military) (of a projectile or bomb) not guided to its target
[Old English; related to Old Norse dumbr, Gothic dumbs, Old High German tump]
ˈdumbly adv
ˈdumbness n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
dumb
(dʌm)
adj. -er, -est,
v.
usage: dumb in the sense “lacking the power of speech” is offensive when applied to humans (but not animals), probably because the word also means “stupid; dull-witted.” The noun dummy in the sense “a person who lacks the power of speech,” though rarely used today, is also perceived as offensive, as are the terms deaf-and-dumb and deaf-mute. Use of the term mute is generally acceptable. However, the preferred term is deaf, which makes no reference to an inability to speak.
—adj.
1. lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
2. lacking the power of speech (offensive when applied to humans): dumb beasts of the field.
3. temporarily unable to speak: She was struck dumb with amazement.
4. refraining from speech; silent.
5. made, done, etc., without speech.
6. lacking some usual property, characteristic, etc.
7. lacking electronic processing power of its own: a dumb computer terminal. Compare intelligent (def. 4).
v.
8. dumb down, to reduce the intellectual or developmental level of: to dumb down a textbook.
[before 1000; Old English; c. Old High German tump, Old Norse dumbr]
dumb′ly, adv.
dumb′ness, n.
Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Adj. | 1. | dumb — slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; «so dense he never understands anything I say to him»; «never met anyone quite so dim»; «although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick»- Thackeray; «dumb officials make some really dumb decisions»; «he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse»; «worked with the slow students»
slow, obtuse, dense, dim, dull stupid — lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity |
| 2. | dumb — temporarily incapable of speaking; «struck dumb»; «speechless with shock»
speechless inarticulate, unarticulate — without or deprived of the use of speech or words; «inarticulate beasts»; «remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal»; «inarticulate with rage»; «an inarticulate cry» |
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| 3. | dumb — lacking the power of human speech; «dumb animals»
inarticulate, unarticulate — without or deprived of the use of speech or words; «inarticulate beasts»; «remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal»; «inarticulate with rage»; «an inarticulate cry» |
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| 4. | dumb — unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
mute, silent inarticulate, unarticulate — without or deprived of the use of speech or words; «inarticulate beasts»; «remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal»; «inarticulate with rage»; «an inarticulate cry» |
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dumb
adjective
1. unable to speak, mute, without the power of speech a young deaf and dumb man
unable to speak articulate
3. (Informal) stupid, thick, dull, foolish, dense, dozy (Brit. informal), dim, obtuse, unintelligent, asinine, braindead (informal), dim-witted (informal) I came up with this dumb idea.
stupid bright, smart, clever, intelligent, quick-witted
dumb something down trivialize, sensationalize, make shallow, make superficial, make trivial, make frivolous, make less intelligent I know it must be tempting to dumb down news.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
dumb
adjective
1. Lacking the power or faculty of speech:
2. Temporarily unable or unwilling to speak, as from shock or fear:
3. Lacking in intelligence:
The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
němýpitomýmlčenlivý
stumtåbeligåndssvagdumstille
mykkätyperäidioottimainen
nijem
hülyenémaostoba
dumbur, mállausheimskulegur, heimskuròögull
口のきけない
말을 못하는
kvailainė žodžio netariantnebylumasnebylysnetekęs žado
deaf and dumbkurlmēmsmēmsmuļķīgsnerunīgs
nemneumen
stumkorkadmeningslös
โง่
câm
dumb
[dʌm] ADJ (dumber (compar) (dumbest (superl)))
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
dumb
dumb
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dumbass
n (US sl) → Idiot m (inf), → Nullchecker(in) m(f) (inf)
dumb cluck
n (inf: = fool) → Doofi m (inf)
dumb
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dumb show
n (Theat) pantomimische Einlage in einem Stück; in dumb → in Mimik
dumb terminal
n (Comput) → Einfachterminal nt, → unintelligente Datenstation
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
dumb
[dʌm] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl)))
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dumb
(dam) adjective
1. without the power of speech. She was born deaf and dumb; We were struck dumb with astonishment.
2. silent. On this point he was dumb.
3. (especially American) very stupid. What a dumb thing to do!
ˈdumbness nounˈdumbly adverb
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
dumb
→ أبْكَم němý stum stumm μουγγός mudo mykkä muet nijem muto 口のきけない 말을 못하는 stom stum niemy mudo немой stum โง่ dilsiz câm 哑的
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
dumb
a. mudo-a; torpe, estúpido-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
dumb
adj (ant, mute) mudo
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.