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

• The engine oil also absorbs the shock and dampens the noise of moving parts.
  机油也吸收了震动和降低噪音的移动部件。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• When you engage one region, it dampens the activity of the other.
  当你调用其中一个区域的时候，便会抑制另外一个区域的活动。
• 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。
• It is pointed out that the current teaching method fails to significantly improve students 'reading ability and dampens students' interest in English reading and English learning as a whole and thus the research done by the author is of great practical significance.
  作者指出目前的教学方法不能有效提高学生的阅读能力，并打消了学生对英语阅读和英语学习的积极性，因此该研究具有很强的现实意义。
• 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。
• His killing dampens hopes of starting peace negotiations with Taliban insurgents and also will hamper efforts to keep regional and ethnic rivalries, which feed the insurgency, in check.
  此次刺杀事件将会令阿富汗与塔利班叛乱者开始和谈的希望暗淡，同时也会妨碍阿富汗为控制地区和民族纷争做出的努力。
• 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。