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.