dampen

• vt. 抑制；使…沮丧；使…潮湿
• vi. 潮湿；丧气

来自damp, 潮湿，引申义减弱。

1. smother or suppress;

"Stifle your curiosity"

2. make moist;

"The dew moistened the meadows"

3. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

4. reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

5. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;

"muffle the message"

6. check; keep in check (a fire)

7. lessen in force or effect;

"soften a shock"

"break a fall"

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.

Even though the day-to-day experience of raising kids can be soul-crushingly hard, Senior writes that “the very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.

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Perspiration dampened her face and neck.

她的脸和脖子都汗津津的。

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He dampened his hair to make it lie flat.

他把头发弄湿，梳得平平的。

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None of the setbacks could dampen his enthusiasm for the project.

任何挫折都不能减弱他对这个项目的热情。

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She wasn't going to let anything dampen her spirits today.

她不想让任何事情来影响她今天的兴致。

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Nothing seems to dampen his perpetual enthusiasm...

似乎没有什么能让他那持久的热情消退。

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I hate to dampen your spirits but aren't you overlooking a couple of minor points.

我不想扫你的兴，但你是否忽视了几个小的问题呢？

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She took the time to dampen a washcloth and do her face.

她花了点时间弄湿毛巾，洗了把脸。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Neighbouring governments this time must also do more to dampen sectarian and ethnic tensions.

这次,邻国政府必须同样付出更多努力来抑制教派及种族间的紧张态势.

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Hostile power consumption and malicious competition will dampen strength and bring unimaginable loss.

强强敌对恶意竞争只会消耗实力.

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Excess capacity could dampen business investment, and so will banks'continued reluctance to lend.

产能过剩可能抑制商业投资, 也会使银行的贷款热情持续低潮.

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Substances that inhibit the capsaicin receptors should therefore dampen inflammatory pain.

因此,能够抑制辣椒素受体的物质,应该就可以减轻由发炎引起的疼痛.

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It would not be right to dampen their spirits.

向广大干部和积极分子泼冷水是不对的.

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But will this practice dampen others'initiative?

这会不会打击其他人的积极性?

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We should not dampen their initiative; that would not be good for us.

而不要去损害这种积极性, 损害了对我们不利.

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I always dampen shirts before ironing them.

我总是把衬衫先弄潮湿再熨.

辞典例句

Because of unfair revenue necessity may dampen enterprise and personal enthusiasm, arouse social contradictions even.

因为税收的不公平必然会挫伤企业和个人的积极性, 甚至引起社会矛盾.

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Researchers are also searching for new drugs to dampen the inflammation process.

科研人员还在研究一些新药来阻止发炎的过程.

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Don't dampen his spirits, or he will lose confidence.

老给他浇冷水会使他失去自信的.

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But gasoline prices climbed last month, which could dampen spending in July.

但是,汽油价格上月攀升, 将压低7月份的数据.

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Strong growth in China's spending and imports is unlikely to dampen protectionist pressures, however.

然而,中国消费和进口的强劲增长不可能浇灭保护主义的压力.

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But all the hardships did not dampen her creativity.

但是所有的磨难都没能磨灭她的创作天分和能力.

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Higher rates would do little to dampen food prices.

过高的汇率对降低食品价格没有用处.

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Apply Satinique Advanced Hair Control Foam to dampen the hair then blast off using a brush.

在头发涂上仙姬自然造型香沬让发丝微湿,然后用梳拨乾.

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China raises interest rates in a move to dampen inflation and stop the economy overheating.

中国举起一个变动的利率抑制通货膨胀而且停止经济过分的经济活动.

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While gathering this information, you also want to dampen their expectations.

在收集资讯的同时, 你也要想办法冷却卖家满心的期待.

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Don't dampen the enthusiasm of the masses.

不要损伤大家的积极性.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Dampen your finger slightly and press it to the white paper.

把手指微微沾湿,按在白纸上.

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