dampens

英 [ˈdæmpənz]

美 [ˈdæmpənz]

v.  弄湿; 使潮湿; 抑制，控制，减弱(感情、反应等)
dampen的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 降低，减弱，抑制(热情、激动等)
  Todampensomething such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense.
  1. Nothing seems to dampen his perpetual enthusiasm...
     似乎没有什么能让他那持久的热情消退。
  2. I hate to dampen your spirits but aren't you overlooking a couple of minor points.
     我不想扫你的兴，但你是否忽视了几个小的问题呢？
  3. Todampensomethingdownmeans the same as todampenit.
     dampen down 同 dampen
  4. Although unemployment rose last month, this is unlikely to dampen down wage demands...
     虽然上个月失业人数上升，但这不太可能减弱工人要求加薪的意愿。
  5. The economy overheated and the Government used interest rates to dampen it down.
     经济发展过热，政府通过利率加以抑制。
• VERB 使潮湿;弄湿
  If youdampensomething, you make it slightly wet.
  1. She took the time to dampen a washcloth and do her face.
     她花了点时间弄湿毛巾，洗了把脸。

双语例句

• Nothing ever dampens your spirits, does it, sam?
  从没有什么东西可以影响你的心情，是吗，山姆？
• While the next lunar new year begins on January 26, workers have been trickling home earlier than normal as the global financial crisis dampens consumer demand abroad and export orders dry up.
  下一个农历新年将于1月26日到来。由于全球金融危机降低了国外消费者需求，出口订单逐步缩减，工人们已经比平常更早一些就陆陆续续回家了。
• One of the most serious problem in rural economy is the unstability of land-contracted relationship which dampens the enthusiasm of peasants in production greatly.
  当前农村经济工作的最大问题是土地承包关系不稳定，严重挫伤了农民的生产积极性。
• His killing dampens hopes of starting peace negotiations with Taliban insurgents and also will hamper efforts to keep regional and ethnic rivalries, which feed the insurgency, in check.
  此次刺杀事件将会令阿富汗与塔利班叛乱者开始和谈的希望暗淡，同时也会妨碍阿富汗为控制地区和民族纷争做出的努力。
• Prednisone, a steroid that dampens the immune system, is often the first line of treatment, Dryden said.
  强的松是抑制免疫系统的类固醇药，它常是一线药。
• Trying to artificially hold down prices has heavy costs for domestic producers, encourages consumption, and dampens energy production over time.
  试图人为压低能源价格将令国内生产商付出沉重代价，同时会刺激能源消费，而在长期内抑制能源生产。
• Past studies have also indicated that meditation reduces stress hormone levels and dampens the sympathetic nervous system, which triggers the body's stress response.
  过去的研究显示，冥想能够减少紧张性荷尔蒙水平，削弱引发人体发生紧张反应的交感神经系统。
• It dampens economic development and tears at the fabric of societies.
  这种情况阻碍了经济发展，造成了社会结构的裂痕。
• Under this background, the information of national second-hand vehicle trade market is seriously asymmetrical, which not only dampens the enthusiasm of second-hand vehicle consumers but also impacts the sustainable, steady and rapid development of national second-hand vehicle trade market.
  在这种背景环境下，使得我国的二手车市场存在着严重的信息不对称问题，不仅挫伤了二手车消费者的积极性，同时也影响了二手车市场持续、稳定、快速的发展。
• The virus carried a human gene which dampens down the nerve cells that become overactive in Parkinson's patients which as a result interferes with movement control.
  此病毒携带一种能下调帕金森病人大脑中过度活跃的神经细胞活性的人类基因，从而改善病人的运动调控功能。