dent-
美 [dent]
英 [dent] 
英汉双解
1. | ~ sth 使凹陷;使产生凹痕to make a hollow place in a hard surface, usually by hitting it |
| The back of the car was badly dented in the collision. 汽车尾部被撞后严重凹陷。 |
2. | ~ sth 损害,伤害,挫伤(信心、名誉等)to damage sb's confidence, reputation, etc. |
| It seemed that nothing could dent his confidence. 似乎任何事情都不会使他的信心受挫。 |
1. | 凹痕;凹坑;凹部a hollow place in a hard surface, usually caused by sth hitting it |
| a large dent in the car door 车门上一大块凹陷 |
习惯用语
make, etc. a dent in sth
减少,削减(尤指资金)to reduce the amount of sth, especially money
| The lawyer's fees will make a dent in our finances. 律师费将耗去我们一部分资金。 |
英汉解释
例句
Most people can't make a dent in such a pile, so they either read at random or discard much of it in frustration.
大部分的人都没法减少这些堆积如山的资料。所以他们不是随便看看,就是沮丧地把大多数的资料扔掉。
Indeed, decreased Western consumer demand will dent China's economy as well as that of any that relies on exports.
事实上,西方消费需求下降会削弱中国及其他依靠出口的国家的经济。
Joker: You know, for a while there, I thought you really were Dent.
小丑:你知道,有一段时间,我还以为你是登特。
And the invasion of Humboldt squid seems to be making a noticeable dent in the local population of hake , experts note in a new study.
专家在最近的研究中发现,洪堡乌贼的入侵似乎使当地鳕鱼数量减少。
Next Tuesday is the deadline for handing in the term papers, but most student have hardly made a dent in the word so far.
学期论文最迟应在下星期二交来,可是大部分学生却至今无进展。
It notes the United States will grow by less than three percent, not enough to make much of a dent in unemployment rates.
联合国贸发会议说,美国的经济增长率将不到3%,根本不足以把失业率降低一点点。
The image in the Canon is of a solid wooden door: a ball of string thrown at the door won't leave a dent at all.
圣典里的比喻形象是一扇硬木门:朝那扇门扔过去一个线团,根本不会留下一点凹痕。
But cost does not seem to be the explanation: previous hikes in tuition fees did not dent demand from rich or poor.
但是学费似乎并不是这一问题的解释:早先的学费增长并没有削弱无论贫穷或富裕家庭的需求。
"Hurricane Ike threw us a hard punch, but it did not dent our spirit, " he said.
飓风艾克给了我们重重的一击,但是没有能够挫伤我们的精神!
To put a dent in the total number of cats, at least 71 percent of them must be fixed, and they are notoriously hard to catch.
为了减少猫的总数,必须对其中至少71%定位,但它们是众所周知的难抓。
One positive consequence of our current national crisis may be at least a temporary dent in Hollywood's culture of violence.
我们目前的国内危机的一个积极影响是:好莱坞的暴力文化气氛至少暂时得到了遏止。
Haley, though, is not optimistic that Western companies will be able to make much of a dent in the way China's real estate market operates.
不过,哈莱对西方公司能影响中国房地产市场运作的前景并不抱乐观态度。
The only callus on his thumb from all the text messaging he engaged in. There was also a dent on his index finger from where he wrote.
仅仅从那拇指上的老茧就可以暴露出他所从事的工作,他食指上拿笔的地方也有一块凹陷痕迹。
Whatever the dent to national bravado, or to the free-enterprise ideology, the phrase "too big to fail" suddenly carried an American accent.
无论会对国民虚张的声势,还是对自由企业这一意识形态造成什么样的创伤,“太庞大了,不能破产”这句话突然间带上了点美国口音。
There was another loud crash and another big dent popped out in the door.
又一记撞击声,门上多了一个大突起。
the doctor told him to stop smoking, but it didn't make a dent.
医生让他停止抽烟,但没有引起注意。
Harvey Dent: You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
哈维·登特:要么你就像一个好汉一样逝世往,要么就活着,直到看着本身变成了一个无赖。
The past decade made a disappointingly small dent in poverty, but it may be the best time the poor will know for many years.
过去的十年令人失望地只从很小程度上削弱了贫困问题,然而这也许是穷人们在接下去的很多年里能看到的最好的光阴了。
But to make a real dent in auto pollution, these plug-in cars will need to scale up to hundreds of thousands per year.
但是要真正发挥削弱汽车污染的作用,需要达到每年生产数十万辆这种汽车的规模。
In its World Economic Outlook report the IMF also said that growth was not strong enough to make a "major dent in high unemployment rates" .
在其全球经济展望(WorldEconomicOutlook)报道中,IMF又指出,增长不够强势,不足以“大大削弱高失业率”。
After many weeks of work, he had scarcely made a dent in the number of combinations that must be tested.
经过几个星期的工作后,对需要检试的组合数目他几乎还尚未开始进行。
Nails dent into metal.
钉子能钉进金属。
They can beat out the dent in the car's wing.
他们能把汽车挡泥板上的凹痕敲平。
Harvey Dent: a You either die a hero or Naked ou live long enough to see yourselfrbecome bhe Prisoner ked villain.
哈维·登特p:要么你就像一个英雄一样死去,要么就活着,直到看着自己变成了一个恶棍。
But even the most horrible tales seem to do little to dent the hopes of Yolande, 21, who works as a maid and hairdresser.
但即便是最可怕的事例也无法吓退21岁的约兰达。她现在的工作是女佣和美发师。
Such a scheme could put a noticeable dent in British carbon emissions, but greens concerned about the local environment are unhappy.
该项目可大大降低英国二氧化碳的排放量,但关心当地环境的绿色和平主义者对此并不以为然。
nbsp; A woman got a dent in her car and took it in to the repair shop.
一位女士车上有个凹陷,就开到修车铺去修理。
Or something like Giff: fish-pale, naked, bloody dent in his head, squinting, holding his glasses in one hand.
或者是貌似吉夫的一个人:肤色惨白,全身赤裸,脑袋上血乎乎地陷下去一块,眯缝着眼,一只手扶着他的眼镜。
Mr. El-Erian and Pimco founder and co-CIO Bill Gross say that the package did little to make a significant dent in the U. S. deficit.
埃尔-埃利安和太平洋投资管理公司的创始人、联席首席投资长比尔-格罗斯(BillGross)说,债限协议基本没有对美国赤字做出重大削减。
SPOILER: Early in the film, a witness on stand pulls a gun out on Harvey Dent (Two-Face) during the trial and tries to shoot him.
剧透:电影前半段,法庭上一个在证人席上的目击者掏出一把枪指向哈维·邓特(双面人)试图开枪杀他。
If it fails, with delays in reconstruction or other problems, it could dent the military's reputation.
若任务失败,会导致重建延误或其他问题,这可能会使军队的名誉受损。
There were other experiences like this, where I tried to dent that I really wanted to wear female clothes.
类似的经历还有一些,我尽量削弱这种想法,我真地想穿女人衣服。
Continuing joblessness, years of weak investment and higher public-debt burdens, in turn, will dent economies' underlying potential.
持续的高失业率,数年的投资不足,再加上更加沉重的公共债务负担,将反过来削弱经济潜力。
Over the years, plenty of companies have labored to put a dent in that massive market share.
多年来,许多企业试图在这庞大的市场中占得一席之地。
Even if things do come in and make a dent on the mind, you're going to know it, you're going to see it because you're right there.
哪怕其它事物的确进来,在心里制造出一个印象,你也会知道它,你也会看见它,因为你就在那里。
The lifting of the ban is only a small dent in Syria's wide-reaching controls on freedom of expression.
禁令的解除只是叙利亚广泛控制言论自由下的一个小缺口。
Mitsui officials showed pictures of a large square dent on the rear starboard side of the ship's hull.
三井公司官员展示了船身右侧后部的巨大方形凹痕图片。
I'll try to help you make a dent in some of that work.
我会尽力帮你着手其中一些工作。
On the home front, almost two years of controls on the real-estate sector have finally started to dent investment.
在国内市场,政府对房地产市场近两年的调控终于开始抑制投资。
As well as a heavy financial blow, the collapse of the venture would dent Fortis's ambitious China expansion plans.
对富通而言,合资计划流产不但构成财务上的重大打击,而且会影响其在中国大举扩张的计划。
Lucy: John is going to go crazy when he sees the dent I made on his new car.
露西:约翰如果看到我把他新车撞坏,不气疯才怪。
Tools vendors are committed to making a dent in this space, however, in large part because analog is no longer a separate world.
工具厂商致力于该领域取得有效进展,主要是因为模拟领域不再是一个孤立的世界。
The president acknowledged at his first cabinet meeting that the new effort wouldn't put much of a dent in the budget deficit.
奥巴马在他第一次内阁会议上承认,新的举措无法对缩减预算赤字起到太大的效果。