Beware of too much laughter , for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion .

要小心太多的笑声，因它钝化我们的心灵并产生健忘。

Pray for revival for christian believers and in the churches that would replace materialism and complacency that deadens passion for god and evangelism .

祷告基督徒及教会的复兴，能取代那些拦阻对神及宣教热情的物质主义及自我满足。

Parent who leaves his son enormous wealth generally deadens the talents and energies of the son , and tempts him to lead a less worthy and less useful life than he otherwise would .

给儿子留下巨额财富，等于是扼杀儿子的天赋与活力，使他失去本可更有意义、更有用的人生。

Many chinese , it is true , are woefully ignorant about events in their own country and abroad because of a highly effective system of state censorship that deadens all media , including the internet and text messages on mobile phones .

确实，由于高效的国家审查控制了包括互联网和手机短信在内的各种媒体，很多中国人对本国和海外发生的事件并不了解，这很可悲。