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

• 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。
• This thin work area helps to prevent denting to your lantern when punching the design.
  这个简易的工作台可以在你钉出图案的时候避免弄凹灯笼。
• Investors fear the surge in raw material prices is denting demand and forcing emerging countries 'central banks to raise interest rates to try to prevent runaway inflation.
  投资者担心，原材料价格的飙升正削弱需求，并迫使新兴国家的央行加息，以努力抑制失控的通胀。
• Improved toughness of mosquito-repellent incense, which can prevent from denting and cracking.
  增强蚊香的韧性，使得不易断裂，破碎。
• 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）。
• 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。
• Thus, the adjustment to any drop in production is almost always coming through high prices denting economic growth and, thus, consumption.
  因此，针对产量下滑的调整几乎总是要经历高价格，从而对经济增长进而消费造成损害。
• This has exposed them to some of the riskier sectors, such as the slowing property market, in turn denting growth.
  这让它们有可能投资于一些风险较高的行业，例如日益放缓的房地产市场，这些行业的情况反过来会影响其增长。
• 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。
• 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。