dent
英 [dent]
美[dɛnt]
- n. 凹痕；削弱；减少；齿
- vi. 产生凹陷；凹进去；削减
- vt. 削弱；使产生凹痕
- n. (Dent)人名；(英、葡)登特
词态变化
复数: dents;第三人称单数: dents;过去式: dented;过去分词: dented;现在分词: denting;
中文词源
dent 凹痕
来自dint的拼写变体，敲打，拟声词。
英英释意
- 1. an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening);
- "it made a dent in my bank account"
- 2. a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- 3. an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
英文词源
- dent
- dent: see dint
- dent (n.)
- early 14c., "a strike or blow," dialectal variant of Middle English dint (q.v.); sense of "indentation" first recorded 1560s, apparently influenced by indent.
- dent (v.)
- late 14c., from dent (n.). Related: Dented; denting.
实用场景例句
- The back of the car was badly dented in the collision.
- 汽车尾部被撞后严重凹陷。
牛津词典
- It seemed that nothing could dent his confidence.
- 似乎任何事情都不会使他的信心受挫。
牛津词典
- a large dent in the car door
- 车门上一大块凹陷
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- The lawyer's fees will make a dent in our finances.
- 律师费将耗去我们一部分资金。
牛津词典
- The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem...
- 委员会几乎还没有在这个问题上取得任何进展。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I hated to put any dents in his enthusiasm, but I was trying to be realistic.
- 我不想打击他的热情，只是试图现实一些。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- After a while that sort of thing dents your confidence.
- 那种事情过上一段时间就会挫伤信心。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This has not dented the City's enthusiasm for the company.
- 这并没有减弱伦敦金融界对这个公司的热情。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- A great chunk of loose kerbing smashed into my left-front wheel, bursting the tyre and denting the rim...
- 我车子的左前轮撞在一大块松动的路缘石上，导致车胎爆裂、轮辋凹陷。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Its brass feet dented the carpet's thick pile.
- 其黄铜支脚把厚绒地毯压出了印。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There was a dent in the car which hadn't been there before.
- 车上出现了一处以前没有的凹痕。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- NICK: Surface discontinuity, a depression or dent caused by impact.
- 刻痕: 表面中断, 由碰撞引起的下陷或凹痕.
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- So selling Alcon, a highly profitable business, will not make much of a dent.
- 所以出售爱尔康, 一笔高利润的买卖, 不会导致负面的重大影响.
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- Similarly, a stronger yuan would do little to dent America's trade deficit.
- 与此类似的是, 更为强劲的(民币)对削减美国的贸易逆差不会起什么作用.
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- The embarrassing stories about his past made quite a dent in his reputation.
- 关于他过去的令人难堪的传说损坏了他的名誉.
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- Diagnosed with prostate career in 1991, Dent began his journey to death several weeks ago.
- 1991年邓特经诊断患有前列腺癌,数周后他开始了死亡之旅.
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- Looks good. Got that dent out?
- 看起来不错嘛把凹痕弄好了?
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- The front of the car has a dent in it.
- 小汽车的前面有一个凹痕.
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- Second, no conceivable revaluation of the renminbi is likely make a dent in China's exporting prowess.
- 第二, 对人民币进行幅度可以想象的升值,不太可能削弱中国强大的出口能力.
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- There is a dent in the bumper of my car.
- 我车子的保险杠有一个凹痕.
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- These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
- 这些恐怖活动能够破坏钢铁大厦, 但却摧毁不了美国人民钢铁般的坚强意志.
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- He sent ten men to mend the dent in the engine's tender.
- 他派了十个人去修理机车头的煤水车上的凹陷.
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- Yet any attempt at significant diversification would seriously dent their value.
- 然而,任何显著实现外汇储备多元化的努力都会严重削弱其价值.
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- This forced almost every professor to order new textbooks and thatput a dent 13 in our wallets.
- 这使几乎所有教授都要定购新的教科书,当然是我们学生掏腰包.
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- Buying that new carpet has made a big dent in our savings.
- 购买那条新地毯已使我们的存款大为减少.
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- Dent did nothing in the evening but pull at cigars and beer.
- 登特晚上除了抽雪茄和喝啤酒以外,什么事也不干.
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- Heavy stock falls could yet dent the current path of any recovery.
- 股价大幅下滑,仍可能削弱当前的任何复苏.
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- The dent in the fender of your car can be beaten out at the garage.
- 你汽车的挡泥板上的凹痕可以在汽车修理车间里敲平.
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