| 词汇 | dent |
| 释义 | dent (verb) dent 2 ENTRIES FOUND: dent (noun) dent (verb) 1 dent /ˈdɛnt/ noun plural dents 1 dent /ˈdɛnt/ noun plural dents Learner's definition of DENT [count] : an area on a surface that is lower than the rest of the surface especially because of being hit or pushed in凹痕；凹坑 The accident left/made a small dent in the car's fender.那起事故使汽车的挡泥板上留下一个小凹痕。 a few small dents in the wall墙上的几处小凹坑 make/put a dent ◊ In figurative use, to make a dent (in something) or to put a dent in something is to decrease something slightly or to make it somewhat weaker.（用作比喻）减少，削减，减弱 We tried our best to fix the problem, but nothing we did seems to have made a dent. [=nothing we did has had any effect]我们用尽全力解决问题，但似乎没能取得什么效果。 It's going to take more than a new law to make a dent in the city's drug crime. [=a new law is not enough to decrease the city's drug crime]要减少本市的毒品犯罪，仅靠一部新法律还远远不够。 The $10,000 payment hardly makes a dent in the amount the company owes.1万美元的偿付对于这家公司的欠债来说只是杯水车薪。 a vacation that won't put too big a dent in your wallet [=a vacation that will not cost a lot of money]花销不会很大的假期 2 dent /ˈdɛnt/ verb dents; dented; denting 2 dent /ˈdɛnt/ verb dents; dented; denting Learner's definition of DENT 1 : to make a dent in (something)使凹陷；使产生凹痕 [+ object] I'm afraid I dented the wall pretty badly when I was hammering in that nail.很遗憾，我在钉那颗钉子的时候把墙砸出个大坑。 He dented his (car's) fender in the accident.他在那起事故中撞凹了自己汽车的挡泥板。 Many of the cans were badly dented.许多罐头都出现了严重凹痕。 [no object] Some types of metal dent more easily than others.一些金属比其他金属更容易产生凹痕。 2 [+ object] : to decrease (something) : to make (something) weaker减少；削减；减弱 The team's confidence has been dented by a recent series of losses.最近一连串的失利挫伤了这个队的信心。 |
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