| 词汇 | make/put a dent |
| 释义 | 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 dent |
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