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

• The company may have announced another strong set of annual results last week but investors cut 3 per cent from the share price, denting its 22 per cent growth this year.
  虽然该公司上周公布的年度业绩依然强劲，但投资者还是让其股价下跌了3%，削低了今年已录得的22%涨幅。
• 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。
• This bangle bracelet is also backed by a manufacturer's lifetime limited warranty and resists scratching, breaking and denting.
  这款手镯也是您终身的财富的保证，能抵抗擦痕，破坏和凹痕。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And I thanked her by becoming a lunatic and denting her car.
  我却恩将仇报，象个疯子一样撞了她的车。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。