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

• While high prices are denting demand, miners, oil companies and farmers are struggling to boost supply enough to resolve the tightness in the market.
  尽管价格高企削弱了需求，但在另一方面，矿商、石油企业和农场主难以增加供应以解决市场的紧张。
• 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。
• 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。
• On the contrary, supersized deficits are denting business confidence, not least by implying higher future taxes.
  正相反，超大规模的赤字正在削弱商业信心，尤其是高赤字意味着未来更高的税收。
• 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。
• 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。
• Slower economic growth will play a part in denting global demand.
  中国经济增长放缓将在一定程度上打击全球大宗商品需求。
• 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。
• That is creating additional investment losses and denting confidence further.
  这带来了额外的投资损失，并进一步削弱了投资者信心。