denting

英 [ˈdentɪŋ]

美 [ˈdentɪŋ]

v.  使凹陷; 使产生凹痕; 损害，伤害，挫伤(信心、名誉等)
dent的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使凹陷;使产生凹痕
  If youdentthe surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.
  1. A great chunk of loose kerbing smashed into my left-front wheel, bursting the tyre and denting the rim...
     我车子的左前轮撞在一大块松动的路缘石上，导致车胎爆裂、轮辋凹陷。
  2. Its brass feet dented the carpet's thick pile.
     其黄铜支脚把厚绒地毯压出了印。
• N-COUNT 凹痕;凹坑
  Adentis a hollow in the surface of something which has been caused by hitting or pressing it.
  1. There was a dent in the car which hadn't been there before.
     车上出现了一处以前没有的凹痕。
• VERB 削减;削弱;损害
  If somethingdentsyour ideas or your pride, it makes you realize that your ideas are wrong, or that you are not as good or successful as you thought.
  1. This has not dented the City's enthusiasm for the company.
     这并没有减弱伦敦金融界对这个公司的热情。
  2. After a while that sort of thing dents your confidence.
     那种事情过上一段时间就会挫伤信心。
• N-COUNT 削减;削弱
  If one thing makes adent inanother, it reduces it by a large amount.
  1. The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem...
     委员会几乎还没有在这个问题上取得任何进展。
  2. I hated to put any dents in his enthusiasm, but I was trying to be realistic.
     我不想打击他的热情，只是试图现实一些。

双语例句

• Thus, the adjustment to any drop in production is almost always coming through high prices denting economic growth and, thus, consumption.
  因此，针对产量下滑的调整几乎总是要经历高价格，从而对经济增长进而消费造成损害。
• Improved toughness of mosquito-repellent incense, which can prevent from denting and cracking.
  增强蚊香的韧性，使得不易断裂，破碎。
• Cheaper oil also helped, both by denting the value of oil exports as well as reducing outflows in deficit countries.
  油价走低对此也有帮助，它既降低了石油出口的价值，又减少了赤字国家的资金外流额。
• On the contrary, supersized deficits are denting business confidence, not least by implying higher future taxes.
  正相反，超大规模的赤字正在削弱商业信心，尤其是高赤字意味着未来更高的税收。
• The economic downturn hit the US first, denting the size of chief executives 'bonuses and the value of their shares.
  经济衰退最先对美国形成打击，拉低了首席执行官的奖金数额和所持股票的价值。
• That is creating additional investment losses and denting confidence further.
  这带来了额外的投资损失，并进一步削弱了投资者信心。
• Shares in Target, the discount retailer, fell more than 3 per cent after it warned that sales could decline this month, denting hopes of a Santa Claus rally.
  折扣零售商Target股价下跌逾3%。此前该公司警告称，本月销售额可能下滑，这打击了投资者对圣诞上扬（SantaClausrally）的希望。
• At the other end of the retail spectrum, consumers are cautious amid economic uncertainties, denting the earnings of companies as Walmart.
  而在零售链的另一端，消费者在经济前景不确定的情况下心态谨慎，影响了沃尔玛（walmart）这类公司的业绩。
• And I thanked her by becoming a lunatic and denting her car.
  我却恩将仇报，象个疯子一样撞了她的车。
• This is denting tax revenues, forcing smaller mining companies to close and lay off thousands of employees.
  这减少了税收，迫使规模较小的矿企关门，裁减数千名员工。