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(yīng)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(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
 
- 4. The economy overheated and the Government used interest rates to dampen it down. 
- 經(jīng)濟發(fā)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