sapping

英 [ˈsæpɪŋ]

美 [ˈsæpɪŋ]

v.  使虚弱; 削弱; 逐渐破坏
sap的现在分词

现在分词：sapping　

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

• Since teaching is an art, it requires for highly innovative thinking and is not only a heavy and complicated working that includes considerable repetitive laboring, but also time-consuming and energy sapping.
  教学是一门艺术，它需要高度的创造性；但同时也是一项十分繁复的工作，特别是其中包含着大量的重复性劳动，需要教师花费较多的时间和精力。
• Apply that question across the board and you'll know what and who is sapping your energy so you can avoid them.
  将问题在生活中应用的话，你会知道谁哪些事情在消耗你的能量，你就能避开。
• More generally, falling property prices are one of the factors sapping consumer confidence.
  更广泛地说，房价不断下跌是打击消费者信心的因素之一。
• Lack of planning is sapping the company's efficiency.
  公司缺乏计画性已逐渐降低了工作效率。
• Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land.
  危机难以测量，但更难以测量的是其对美国人国家自信的侵蚀。
• Either you are overloading the server, or there is a runaway process that is sapping your system resources.
  要么是服务器超负荷运行，要么是失控进程耗尽了系统资源。
• Water sprays dehydrate your skin by sapping it of any existing moisture so she advises using one with refreshing, hydrating additives such as aloe vera, mint or lavender.
  水喷雾会带走已有的水分，从而让你的皮肤干燥。因此，她建议使用添加了芦荟、薄荷或薰衣草等提神、湿润成分的喷雾。
• A military engineer who does sapping ( digging trenches or undermining fortifications).
  挖掘（挖堑壕或破坏工事）的工兵。
• He maintained they are vile mystical creatures from another realm who can only sustain their existence in our world by sapping life energy from men or animals.
  他说这些卑劣的神秘生物来自于一个通过吸取人类或者动物能量来维持生命的物种。
• She would walk in futile circles, sapping her strength while going nowhere.
  她经常会使尽全身的力量在原地里做无谓的转圈动作。