名词 (n.) 聋；听力丧失；也可比喻为对某事充耳不闻、漠不关心的状态。
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She was born with partial deafness but learned to communicate beautifully through sign language.
她天生部分失聪，但通过手语学会了出色地交流。
The government's deafness to the people's demands eventually led to widespread protests across the country.
政府对民众诉求的充耳不闻最终导致了全国范围内的大规模抗议。
deafness 由形容词 deaf 加上名词后缀 -ness 构成。deaf 源自古英语 dēaf，与古高地德语 toub（现代德语 taub）同源，原始日耳曼语词根为 *daubaz，意为"迟钝的、感觉不灵敏的"。后缀 -ness 是英语中最常见的名词后缀之一，表示某种状态或性质。该词自古英语时期便已存在，既指生理上的听力丧失，也逐渐发展出比喻义，表示对事物的漠视与忽略。
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