soul-destroying

And he found himself trying to suppress a bitterness that was soul-destroying.

他在竭力抑制损伤灵魂的苦涩。

He knew what it meant to be one of the disinherited, to be chained to the deadening routine of the machine and to soul-destroying labor for an insufficient reward.

他知道这意味着为了一项少得可怜的奖励就要成为其中一个被剥夺继承权的人，就要被机械式的乏味生活和啃噬灵魂的烦闷劳活所束缚。