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

• It dampens economic development and tears at the fabric of societies.
  这种情况阻碍了经济发展，造成了社会结构的裂痕。
• While the next lunar new year begins on January 26, workers have been trickling home earlier than normal as the global financial crisis dampens consumer demand abroad and export orders dry up.
  下一个农历新年将于1月26日到来。由于全球金融危机降低了国外消费者需求，出口订单逐步缩减，工人们已经比平常更早一些就陆陆续续回家了。
• Prednisone, a steroid that dampens the immune system, is often the first line of treatment, Dryden said.
  强的松是抑制免疫系统的类固醇药，它常是一线药。
• Now, a new study suggests that the key is a tiny protein fragment called peptide YY3-36 ( PYY3-36), which dampens hunger in response to high levels of dietary protein.
  研究发现了一种微小的蛋白质片段，名为YY3-36肽（PYY3-36）。这种肽可以对高水平的膳食蛋白做出反应从而抑制饥饿。
• 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。
• Past studies have also indicated that meditation reduces stress hormone levels and dampens the sympathetic nervous system, which triggers the body's stress response.
  过去的研究显示，冥想能够减少紧张性荷尔蒙水平，削弱引发人体发生紧张反应的交感神经系统。
• 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？
• Literary critics find the form and structure of her poetry innovative, her irregular use of language even dampens the ardor of general readers who are usually confused by such unconventional experiment.
  她的诗形式与结构新颖独特，甚至是怪异，她对语言超越常规的运用甚至困阻了读者的阅读。
• 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。