sapping

英 [ˈsæpɪŋ]

美 [ˈsæpɪŋ]

v.  使虚弱; 削弱; 逐渐破坏
sap的现在分词

现在分词：sapping　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 消耗(精力);削弱(信心)
  If somethingsapsyour strength or confidence, it gradually weakens or destroys it.
  1. I was afraid the sickness had sapped my strength...
     我担心患病已让我元气大伤。
  2. Analysts say the recession in Japan has sapped investor confidence.
     分析家称日本的经济衰退已经打击了投资者的信心。
• N-UNCOUNT (植物的)液，汁
  Sapis the watery liquid in plants and trees.
  1. The leaves, bark and sap are also common ingredients of local herbal remedies.
     树叶、树皮和树汁也是当地草药的常用药材。
• N-COUNT 笨蛋;傻瓜
  If you describe someone as asap, you think they are foolish.
  1. ...her poor sap of a husband.
     她可怜的傻瓜丈夫

双语例句

• More generally, falling property prices are one of the factors sapping consumer confidence.
  更广泛地说，房价不断下跌是打击消费者信心的因素之一。
• He maintained they are vile mystical creatures from another realm who can only sustain their existence in our world by sapping life energy from men or animals.
  他说这些卑劣的神秘生物来自于一个通过吸取人类或者动物能量来维持生命的物种。
• Apply that question across the board and you'll know what and who is sapping your energy so you can avoid them.
  将问题在生活中应用的话，你会知道谁哪些事情在消耗你的能量，你就能避开。
• The study is of much significance to engineering problems such as piping, sapping, and heat conduction.
  对于管涌、流土、热传导等工程问题具有一定的意义。
• Retail therapy does work, but being happy can end up sapping our self-control in the face of tempting sales.
  零售也是个好办法，开心的感觉能让我们在面对折扣的诱惑时失去自我控制。
• A military engineer who does sapping ( digging trenches or undermining fortifications).
  挖掘（挖堑壕或破坏工事）的工兵。
• They say these workers, mostly in their20s and early30s, are sapping Japan's international competitiveness at a time when the aging country must raise its productivity to keep the economy growing.
  他们说，这些多为二十多岁或三十岁出头的员工削弱了日本的国际竞争力，而此时这个老龄化国家所需的是提高生产力以保持经济增长。
• Mr saito's warning comes amid growing concern that poor corporate governance, which has led to the adoption of excessive takeover defence measures and stymied mergers and acquisition activity, is sapping the competitiveness of Japanese companies and the vitality of the economy.
  齐藤发出上述警告之际，人们越来越担忧不良的公司治理正在侵蚀日本公司的竞争力和日本经济的活力，这种不良治理已导致过分的收购防御措施，阻扰了并购活动。
• Since teaching is an art, it requires for highly innovative thinking and is not only a heavy and complicated working that includes considerable repetitive laboring, but also time-consuming and energy sapping.
  教学是一门艺术，它需要高度的创造性；但同时也是一项十分繁复的工作，特别是其中包含着大量的重复性劳动，需要教师花费较多的时间和精力。
• This hot weather is very sapping& it makes me feel tired all the time.
  这热天真使人筋疲力尽&使我老觉得疲乏。