[ADV-GRADED 副词](强调不好的特征)极其 You can use crushingly to emphasize the degree of a negative quality.
[ADV adj]
[emphasis]
...a collection of crushingly bad jokes...
一组无聊透顶的笑话
The band's approach tends to be crushingly tedious.
该乐队的演奏方式往往过于单调乏味。
LDC
crushingcrush‧ing /ˈkrʌʃɪŋ/ adjective [usually before noun]
Examples
Collocations
1very hard to deal with, and making you lose hope and confidence: The Eighth Army had suffered a crushing defeat. Failing his final exams was a crushing blow (=made him lose hope and confidence). the crushing burden of debt2a crushing remark, reply etc contains a very strong criticism—crushingly adverb: ‘That’s fairly obvious,’ she replied crushingly.
WDF
crushingly
['krʌʃɪŋlɪ]
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碎石地(25%),压碎地(25%),压扁地(25%),轧煤地(25%)
adv.让人受不了地;过分地
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