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

• While high prices are denting demand, miners, oil companies and farmers are struggling to boost supply enough to resolve the tightness in the market.
  尽管价格高企削弱了需求，但在另一方面，矿商、石油企业和农场主难以增加供应以解决市场的紧张。
• At the news-stand, however, rising fuel and food costs are denting the impulse buy, leading to double-digit circulation declines for many best-selling titles such as US weekly and O, the Oprah magazine.
  然而，油价和食品成本的上涨侵蚀了报摊前的冲动性购买，导致许多畅销杂志发行量降幅达到两位数，例如《美国周刊》（usweekly）和《奥普拉杂志》（o，theoprahmagazine）。
• 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。
• Growing confidence over a global economic recovery had boosted stocks and risk appetite, denting demand for the US currency as a haven.
  人们对全球经济复苏信心增强，提振了股市，增强了人们对风险的偏好，削弱了将美元作为避险工具的需求。
• 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。
• WithinBahrain's government, hardline and moderate factions argue over how to resolve the conflict, which is badly denting the kingdom's image.
  巴林政府内部，强硬派和缓和派就如何缓解冲突进行着辩论，这样的争执也损害了王室的形象。
• 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。
• It's just a question of Liberty denting the overall performance as we expected, said one banking analyst.
  正如我们的预期，这只是由于自由控股公司而削弱了公司的整体表现。
• These offer savers higher deposit rates, forcing banks to compete on interest rates, eroding their margins and ultimately denting their profits.
  理财产品向储户支付更高的利息，迫使各家银行展开利率竞争，这会侵蚀银行的利润率，并最终降低其利润。
• 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。