sapped

英 [sæpt]

美 [sæpt]

v.  使虚弱; 削弱; 逐渐破坏
sap的过去分词和过去式

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

• Growing anxiety about public finances in Europe has sapped confidence in banks which are big holders of government bonds.
  对欧洲公共财政问题日益增加的忧虑之情不断在耗尽那些持有大量政府债券的银行的信心。
• But a policy paralysis in New Delhi has sapped investor confidence.
  但是新德里的政策瘫痪削弱了投资者信心。
• THE dismal labour market has not sapped the government's ardour for welfare reform, nor that of voters.
  惨淡的就业市场没有浇灭政府和选举人对福利改革的热情。
• That has sapped confidence in his judgment.
  这损害了人们对他判断能力的信任。
• The passing of the immediate crisis has sapped the will to act.
  眼前危机的解除已削弱了行动的意愿。
• 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。
• One gets the feeling that it is a strange echo of the real language, sapped of any vitality.
  人们对这种真实的语言有一种奇怪的感觉，活力不再。
• I was sapped by months of hospital treatment.
  我住院治疗几个月，大伤元气。
• I was afraid the sickness had sapped my strength
  我担心患病已让我元气大伤。
• Your strength is being sapped by someone or something.
  你的能力正在被某人或者某事一点点的侵蚀。