dampening

英 [ˈdæmpənɪŋ]

美 [ˈdæmpənɪŋ]

v.  弄湿; 使潮湿; 抑制，控制，减弱(感情、反应等)
dampen的现在分词

现在分词：dampening　

化学

COCA.37119

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。

英英释义

noun

• the act of making something slightly wet
  Synonym:moistening

双语例句

• Business spending was also weaker and the global growth slowdown was "dampening the prospects for US exports".
  商业支出也在减弱，而全球经济增长放缓正“抑制美国出口前景”。
• Fortunately for us all, they seem uncowed by the harsh economic realities of today's wine market, dogged by a serious grape glut which is having a dampening effect on prices – to the detriment of producers and to the benefit of consumers.
  对我们所有人来说幸运的是，他们似乎并未被当今葡萄酒市场严酷的经济现实所吓倒。如今市场上葡萄供应量严重过剩，大大压低了价格，这损害了酿造商的利益，但造福了消费者。
• By turning back to the wisdom of the Stoic philosophers, we may find a helpful way of tempering some of our expectations and dampening our shock at disasters and bloodshed.
  回顾一下斯多噶学派哲人的智慧，我们或许能找到一种有益的方法，从而调节我们的种种期望，并减轻灾难和流血带来的震惊。
• "If you have emotional dampening, you may distrust others because you cannot read emotional meaning in their face or their verbal communications," he said.
  “如果你有情感阻尼，你可能不信任别人，因为你不能阅读别人的面部表情和言语情感，”他说。
• High oil prices, capacity constraints and gradually rising interest rates are the key factors that have been dampening the global expansion.
  高油价、生产能力制约和利率的逐渐攀升都是影响全球扩展的关键因素。
• That the Party's policy of state monopoly for the purchase and marketing of grain and its policy on co-operation were dampening the peasants 'enthusiasm for production;
  因为党的粮食统购统销政策和合作化政策，使得农民的生产积极性降低了；
• Strong internal demand is going to provide a safety net in 2012, dampening the effect of a slowdown in exports.
  强劲的内需将在2012年为德国经济铺就一张安全网，减少出口放缓的影响。
• But forthetimebeing, the high food prices are dampening the festival mood.
  但是目前，高居不下的粮食价格给节日蒙上了阴郁的气氛。
• Taking the Punchbowl in this way may have the beneficial effect of dampening the boom but, in any case, the system would be in a better position to absorb the bust without systemic distress.
  以这种方式拿走大酒碗，可能产生抑制繁荣的有益作用，但无论如何，当繁荣转为低迷时，金融体系将能够更好地承受，而不至于出现系统性危机。
• Indeed, both individuals and companies may be tempted to increase their self-insurance, thus further dampening economic activity.
  实际上，个人和公司可能都想让自己更安全一些，这种想法会进一步抑制经济活动。