| 词汇 | dampening |
| 释义 | dampening present participle ofdampen 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 flooded 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 Nothing you can say will dampen her enthusiasm.不管你说什么她的热情丝毫不减。 I 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 be fading away/fastidiom downtoner dull ease emasculation enervate enervating hedge melt relieve tone something down totter tottering turn to jellyidiom undimmed Examples of dampeningdampening In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Dampening of the cortisol response to handling at 3-months in human infants and its relation to sleep, circadian cortisol activity, and behavioral distress. A partial effect, on the other hand, would suggest temporary dampening of lexical access during word learning. This dampening of the aggregative response of predators to heterogeneous prey patches leads to destabilization of the predator-prey interaction. This is caused by the dampening effect of collisions. We then introduce postponed retirement as a potentially dampening policy measure due to its encouragement of human capital formation. While corporatism still acted as a brake on inflationary pressures, central bank independence was no longer a significant factor in dampening rising prices. In the absence of a flourishing rural industry, the prevalence of the full peasantry apparently had a typical dampening impact on demographic development. After all, small risks rarely lead to actual harm, whereas fear and so on can have a constant dampening effect on one's spirits. Increased contributions will restrain growth in earnings, which presumably will have a dampening effect on stock prices. This substitution results in additional negative charge to an area that is critical for dampening the negative charge of the nucleotide ligand. However, armaments cost money and have absolute and opportunity costs, so the level of one's own armaments acts as a dampening factor. The first is a dampening of exchange rate volatility over time. But both in dampening radical suffrage agitation and in facilitating a clearer ideological division between the parties, the 1867 act helped to correct the destructive consequences of the 1840s. 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. 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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