dampen

释义

v.弄湿; 减弱，抑制（热情、激动等）

词态变化

第三人称单数 :   dampens ; 过去式 :   dampened ; 过去分词 :   dampened ; 现在分词 :   dampening ;

实用场景例句

No challenge seems able to dampen his relentless enthusiasm.

似乎没有任何挑战能抑制他那不懈的热情。

金山词霸

Your enthusiasm is evident, but could these minor oversights dampen your spirits?

你热情洋溢，但这些小小的疏忽会不会让你的热情减退呢？

金山词霸

She took a brief pause to dampen a cloth and revive herself.

她短暂停下，弄湿了一块布，让自己精神焕发。

金山词霸

She wasn't going to let anyone dampen her enthusiasm for the celebration.

她不会让任何人来破坏她对庆典的热情。

金山词霸

The unexpected rain failed to dampen their excitement for the outdoor concert.

意外的雨水没能减弱他们对户外音乐会的兴奋。

金山词霸

She dampened the cloth before wiping the table.

她用湿布擦拭桌子前先把它弄湿。

金山词霸

Moisture dampened the pages of the old book.

那本旧书的书页被湿气浸湿了。

金山词霸

Neighbouring governments this time must also do more to dampen sectarian and ethnic tensions.

这次,邻国政府必须同样付出更多努力来抑制教派及种族间的紧张态势.

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Hostile power consumption and malicious competition will dampen strength and bring unimaginable loss.

强强敌对恶意竞争只会消耗实力.

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Excess capacity could dampen business investment, and so will banks'continued reluctance to lend.

产能过剩可能抑制商业投资, 也会使银行的贷款热情持续低潮.

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Substances that inhibit the capsaicin receptors should therefore dampen inflammatory pain.

因此,能够抑制辣椒素受体的物质,应该就可以减轻由发炎引起的疼痛.

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It would not be right to dampen their spirits.

向广大干部和积极分子泼冷水是不对的.

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But will this practice dampen others'initiative?

这会不会打击其他人的积极性?

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We should not dampen their initiative; that would not be good for us.

而不要去损害这种积极性, 损害了对我们不利.

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I always dampen shirts before ironing them.

我总是把衬衫先弄潮湿再熨.

辞典例句

Because of unfair revenue necessity may dampen enterprise and personal enthusiasm, arouse social contradictions even.

因为税收的不公平必然会挫伤企业和个人的积极性, 甚至引起社会矛盾.

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Researchers are also searching for new drugs to dampen the inflammation process.

科研人员还在研究一些新药来阻止发炎的过程.

英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术制药疫苗

Don't dampen his spirits, or he will lose confidence.

老给他浇冷水会使他失去自信的.

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But gasoline prices climbed last month, which could dampen spending in July.

但是,汽油价格上月攀升, 将压低7月份的数据.

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Strong growth in China's spending and imports is unlikely to dampen protectionist pressures, however.

然而,中国消费和进口的强劲增长不可能浇灭保护主义的压力.

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But all the hardships did not dampen her creativity.

但是所有的磨难都没能磨灭她的创作天分和能力.

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Higher rates would do little to dampen food prices.

过高的汇率对降低食品价格没有用处.

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Apply Satinique Advanced Hair Control Foam to dampen the hair then blast off using a brush.

在头发涂上仙姬自然造型香沬让发丝微湿,然后用梳拨乾.

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真题例句

Even though the day-to-day experience of raising kids can be soul-crushingly hard, Senior writes that “the very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.

出自-2011年考研阅读原文

英英释义

Verb

1. smother or suppress;

"Stifle your curiosity"

2. make moist;

"The dew moistened the meadows"

3. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

4. reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

5. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;

"muffle the message"

6. check; keep in check (a fire)

7. lessen in force or effect;

"soften a shock"

"break a fall"