| 词汇 | dampen |
| 释义 | dampen verb[ T ] uk /ˈdæm.pən/ us /ˈdæm.pən/ dampenverb[T] (MAKE WET)(alsodamp) to make something slightly wet: 使潮湿;把…弄潮;使受潮 Rain had dampened the tent so we left it to dry in the afternoon sun.雨水打湿了帐篷，午后我们把它放到太阳底下晒。 to cover in or fill with liquid wetWet the flannel before you wipe the child's face. moistenHe licked his lips to moisten them. dampenUse a dampened paper towel to clean the cooker. saturateFully saturate the ground after planting seeds. soakSoak the clothes with detergent overnight. Wet weather & wetness clammily clamminess clammy damp damply dampness dankly douse moist moisten monsoon rehydration remoisten rewet saturation semi-dry sleety soak soaked sodden dampenverb[T] (FEELINGS)to make feelings, especially of excitement or enjoyment, less strong: 使（尤指兴奋或喜悦之情）平静下来；稳定（情绪）；对…泼冷水 dampen someone's enthusiasmNothing you can say will dampen her enthusiasm.不管你说什么她的热情丝毫不减。 dampen someone’s spiritsI didn't want to dampen his spirits.我不想给他泼冷水。 Becoming and making less strong abate abatement adulterant adulterate adulterated downtoner dull ease emasculation enervate enervating fade hedge melt relieve tone something down totter tottering turn to jellyidiom undimmed dampen | American Dictionarydampen verb[ T ] us/ˈdæm·pən/ to make something slightly wet: Rain dampened the tent, but it dried in the sun. If something dampens feelings, esp. of excitement or enjoyment, it makes them less strong: I think the accident dampened his enthusiasm for baseball. dampen | Business Englishdampen verb[ T ] uk /ˈdæmpən/us to make something less strong or successful: The outlook for the global economy looked gloomy, and dampened expectations of a rise in profits that quarter. Rising raw-material costs dampened profits for many manufacturers. Examples of dampendampen Direct democracy and federalism have not only geared the path of welfare state evolution in a more liberal direction, but have also dampened social expenditures. Such expectations need to be dampened from the experience elsewhere. While corporatism still acted as a brake on inflationary pressures, central bank independence was no longer a significant factor in dampening rising prices. Increases in the use of capital have dampened but not reversed this trend. By this stage, the initial 'infectiousness' should be predictably dampened if not extinguished (provided that the time units involved are not too short). Cascades can be dampened by public policies, such as installing snow fences on the sides of mountains that are prone to avalanches. The expectation of this long-run equilibrium appreciation already dampens the initial overshooting depreciation. The incessant and mostly fruitless campaigns further impoverished the leadership and dampened its warrior spirit. 54 society would have dampened demand for prestige goods, while the lower strata would have been too busy scrambling to survive to bother with acquiring fancy pottery. An interposition graft may be used, but this dampens the progression of the pulsatile wave down the descending aorta and may thus contribute to renal hypertension. Across the three outcome variables, the conditioning influence of high school work experience is clearly present and consistent in dampening the effects of young-adult work stressors on mental health. Technological breakthroughs in vegetable production, if they are realized, will be at least as important for dampening the volatility of vegetable yields as for increasing mean yields. Most of these cases involve a disease-modifying drug which works by dampening the disease process to prevent further proliferation into the major joints, which in turn could cause disability. In traditional societies, output fluctuated widely, but the effects on income were dampened by the inverse correlation with prices (given the low elasticity of food consumption). When the cantilever c o m e s close to the surface, the amplitude of t h e oscillations is dampened and the surface can be detected. See all examples of dampen These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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