3VERB 削减;削弱;损害 If something dents your 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. 削减;削弱;损害
This has not dented the City's enthusiasm for the company. [VERB noun]
这并没有减弱伦敦金融界对这个公司的热情。
After a while that sort of thing dents your confidence. [VERB noun]
那种事情过上一段时间就会挫伤信心。
4N-COUNT [usu Nin n]削减;削弱 If one thing makes a dent in another, it reduces it by a large amount. 削减;削弱
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。
I hated to put any dents in his enthusiasm, but I was trying to be realistic.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + DENT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤big, great, huge, large大的凹陷;巨大的凹陷▸➤real, serious, severe, significant (allfigurative) 實際/嚴重/重大/巨大損害◇The latest health scare has made a significant dent in the sales of beef.最近的這波健康恐慌重創了牛肉銷售。➤little, slight, small, tiny一點凹痕;輕微凹痕;小凹痕;微小凹痕VERB + DENT➤leave, make, put留下/造成/產生凹痕◇The impact of the stones made little dents in the metal.石頭的撞擊在金屬上留下了小小的凹痕。➤have有凹痕PREPOSITION➤dent in⋯上的凹痕◇My side of the car had a large dent in it.在我這一側的車身上有一處很大的凹痕。dent
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1make a dent in sth使⋯凹陷ADVERB➤badly使凹陷得很厲害◇The car was quite badly dented on one side.汽車的一側凹陷得很厲害。➤slightly使略有凹陷dent
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2damage sth損害ADVERB | VERB + DENTADVERB➤badly, seriously, severely嚴重損害◇Being turned down for the job dented his pride quite badly.申請這份工作被拒嚴重打擊了他的自尊心。◇Cheap goods from overseas could severely dent the company's sales.海外來的廉價商品可能會給這家公司的銷售帶來嚴重衝擊。➤slightly稍微削弱▸➤barely幾乎沒有損害VERB + DENT➤fail to (especially BrE) 未能削弱◇The experience failed to dent her confidence.這一經歷沒有挫傷她的自信心。