dent-

dent-

美 [dent]  英 [dent]

  • na.(接元音) = denti-

英汉双解

v.
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。
n.
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

na.
1.
(接元音) = denti-

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.

大部分没法减少这些堆积如山资料所以他们不是随便看看就是沮丧大多数资料扔掉

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削弱中国其他依靠出口国家经济

Joker: You know, for a while there, I thought you really were Dent.

小丑知道一段时间以为

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.

专家最近研究发现洪堡乌贼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.

学期论文星期二可是大部分学生至今进展

It notes the United States will grow by less than three percent, not enough to make much of a dent in unemployment rates.

联合国会议美国经济增长率3%,根本足以失业率降低一点点

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.

比喻形象硬木过去一个线团根本不会留下一点

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问题解释早先学费增长没有削弱无论贫穷富裕家庭需求

"Hurricane Ike threw us a hard punch, but it did not dent our spirit, " he said.

飓风艾克我们重重但是没有能够挫伤我们精神

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.

为了减少总数必须其中至少71%定位它们众所周知

One positive consequence of our current national crisis may be at least a temporary dent in Hollywood's culture of violence.

我们目前国内危机一个积极影响好莱坞暴力文化气氛至少暂时得到遏止

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.

不过哈莱西方公司影响中国房地产市场运作前景并不乐观态度

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.

仅仅拇指老茧可以暴露从事工作食指地方一块凹陷痕迹

Whatever the dent to national bravado, or to the free-enterprise ideology, the phrase "too big to fail" suddenly carried an American accent.

无论国民声势自由企业意识形态造成什么样创伤,“庞大不能破产句话突然间美国口音

There was another loud crash and another big dent popped out in the door.

撞击一个突起

the doctor told him to stop smoking, but it didn't make a dent.

医生停止抽烟没有引起注意

Harvey Dent: You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

哈维·登特:要么一个好汉一样逝世要么活着直到本身变成一个无赖

The past decade made a disappointingly small dent in poverty, but it may be the best time the poor will know for many years.

过去令人失望程度削弱贫困问题然而也许人们下去很多看到最好光阴

But to make a real dent in auto pollution, these plug-in cars will need to scale up to hundreds of thousands per year.

但是真正发挥削弱汽车污染作用需要达到每年生产数十万这种汽车规模

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" .

全球经济展望WorldEconomicOutlook报道IMF指出增长不够强势不足大大削弱失业率”。

After many weeks of work, he had scarcely made a dent in the number of combinations that must be tested.

经过几个星期工作需要组合数目几乎尚未开始进行

Nails dent into metal.

钉子金属

They can beat out the dent in the car's wing.

他们汽车挡泥板

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要么一个英雄一样死去要么直到自己变成一个恶棍

But even the most horrible tales seem to do little to dent the hopes of Yolande, 21, who works as a maid and hairdresser.

即便可怕事例无法退21约兰达现在工作女佣美发师

Such a scheme could put a noticeable dent in British carbon emissions, but greens concerned about the local environment are unhappy.

项目大大降低英国二氧化碳排放量关心当地环境绿色和平主义不以为然

nbsp; A woman got a dent in her car and took it in to the repair shop.

一位女士凹陷修理

Or something like Giff: fish-pale, naked, bloody dent in his head, squinting, holding his glasses in one hand.

或者貌似吉夫肤色惨白全身赤裸脑袋地陷下去一块眯缝着眼手扶眼镜

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-埃利安太平洋投资管理公司创始人联席首席投资比尔-格罗斯BillGross协议基本没有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.

电影法庭一个证人目击者掏出指向哈维·邓特(双面试图开枪杀

If it fails, with delays in reconstruction or other problems, it could dent the military's reputation.

任务失败导致重建延误其他问题可能使军队名誉受损

There were other experiences like this, where I tried to dent that I really wanted to wear female clothes.

类似经历有一些尽量削弱这种想法穿女人衣服

Continuing joblessness, years of weak investment and higher public-debt burdens, in turn, will dent economies' underlying potential.

持续失业率投资不足加上更加沉重公共债务负担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庞大市场一席之地

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心里制造一个印象知道看见因为那里

The lifting of the ban is only a small dent in Syria's wide-reaching controls on freedom of expression.

禁令解除只是叙利亚广泛控制言论自由一个缺口

Mitsui officials showed pictures of a large square dent on the rear starboard side of the ship's hull.

公司官员展示船身右侧后部巨大方形图片

I'll try to help you make a dent in some of that work.

尽力着手其中一些工作

On the home front, almost two years of controls on the real-estate sector have finally started to dent investment.

国内市场政府房地产市场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.

而言合资计划流产不但构成财务重大打击而且影响中国大举扩张计划

Lucy: John is going to go crazy when he sees the dent I made on his new car.

露西如果看到

Tools vendors are committed to making a dent in this space, however, in large part because analog is no longer a separate world.

工具厂商致力于领域取得有效进展主要因为模拟领域不再一个孤立世界

The president acknowledged at his first cabinet meeting that the new effort wouldn't put much of a dent in the budget deficit.

奥巴马第一内阁会议承认举措无法缩减预算赤字效果