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

• El Nino is a meteorological phenomenon that raises oceanic water temperatures, But at the same time it dampens down tornadoes And now like clouds like rain I ′ m drowning.
  厄尔尼诺现象这一气象现象使大洋水温升高，但与此同时却抑制龙卷风的形成现在我迷失在象雾象雨又象风的爱里。
• 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。
• Financial fraud of listed company is a serious problem which hinders the development of capital market 、 dampens the confidence of investors and causes significant damage to the interests of the investors.
  上市公司财务舞弊是阻碍资本市场发展，挫伤投资者信心和损害投资者经济利益的重大问题。
• 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。
• The outbreak of SARS dampens global optimism and the traditional national security concept, bringing to the limelight the heretofore neglected issue of human security.
  一场严重急性呼吸综合症（SARS）颠覆了全球乐观主义与传统的国家安全观，凸显主流的社群开始关切以往被忽略的有关人类安全的问题。
• It opens your chest, eases the pressure on your lungs, and dampens the flames in those burning muscles.
  因为这样可以把胸腔整个张开，减轻肺脏压力，使进行氧化燃烧的肌肉降温。
• 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。
• They have a lot of weasel language that softens and dampens safeguards, Mr. Rainey said.
  雷尼说：提案中有很多狡猾的措辞，软化并削弱了保障性的条文。
• 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。
• 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？