dampen
英 ['d?mp(?)n]
美 ['d?mp?n]
- vt. 抑制；使…沮喪；使…潮濕
- vi. 潮濕；喪氣
助記提示
Dampen：大盆。大盆的水往身上潑----潑涼水，使沮喪，使潮濕。
中文詞源
dampen 弄濕，減弱來自damp, 潮濕，引申義減弱。
英文詞源
- dampen (v.)
- 1630s, "to dull or deaden" (of force, enthusiasm, ardor, etc.), from damp (adj.) + -en (1). Meaning "to moisten" is recorded from 1827. Related: Dampened; dampening.
雙語例句
- 1. His equivocal response has done nothing to dampen the speculation.
- 他模棱兩可的回應絲毫沒有消除人們的猜疑。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Nothing seems to dampen his perpetual enthusiasm.
- 似乎沒有什么能讓他那持久的熱情消退。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Don't dampen the enthusiasm of the masses.
- 不要損傷大家的積極性.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. The economy overheated and the Government used interest rates to dampen it down.
- 經濟發展過熱，政府通過利率加以抑制。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I hate to dampen your spirits but aren't you overlooking a couple of minor points.
- 我不想掃你的興，但你是否忽視了幾個小的問題呢？
來自柯林斯例句