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

• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Central bankers in Europe yesterday intensified efforts to quell the turmoil in global money markets as new evidence emerged that credit problems might be denting parts of the US economy.
  欧洲央行行长昨日加大了旨在平息全球货币市场动荡的努力力度，因有新的证据显示，信贷问题可能正在影响美国经济的一些领域。
• Cheaper oil also helped, both by denting the value of oil exports as well as reducing outflows in deficit countries.
  油价走低对此也有帮助，它既降低了石油出口的价值，又减少了赤字国家的资金外流额。
• At the other end of the retail spectrum, consumers are cautious amid economic uncertainties, denting the earnings of companies as Walmart.
  而在零售链的另一端，消费者在经济前景不确定的情况下心态谨慎，影响了沃尔玛（walmart）这类公司的业绩。
• The risk of runaway climate change can be avoided without seriously denting global economic growth, scientists forecast in the most comprehensive report on global warming yet published.
  科学家们在迄今最全面的全球变暖报告中预测，人类可以在不严重影响全球经济增长的前提下避免气候变化失控的风险。
• Sure, slower global demand will crimp Chinese earnings, and US subprime exposure is ( slightly) denting Chinese banks 'balance sheets.
  确实，全球需求放缓会减少中国的收益，美国次贷危机对中国各银行的资产负债表也有（轻微）影响。
• 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。