| 词汇 | dent |
| 释义 | dent noun[ C ] uk /dent/ us /dent/ a small hollow mark in the surface of something, caused by pressure or by being hit: （物体表面上的）坑，凹陷 dent ina dent in the door of a car车门上的凹陷 Praween Pansuppawatt/EyeEm/GettyImages Holes, hollows and dips anti-crack aperture blistered chink cranny cratering gauge gouge hollow leak leaky micropore microporosity microporous nook piercing pinprick shaft thumbhole void Idiommake/put a dent in something dent verb[ T ] uk /dent/ us /dent/ to make a small hollow mark in the surface of something: 使产生凹痕，使凹陷 I dropped a hammer on the floor, and it dented the floorboard.我一失手，锤子掉到地板上，把地板砸出了凹痕。 If you dent someone's confidence or pride, you make them feel less confident or proud: 打击，损伤（信心或自豪感） be badly dentedHis confidence was badly dented when he didn't get the job.他没能得到那个工作，自信心受到了沉重的打击。 Making holes in things bore borer breach cutout drill gouge hole perforate perforated pierce piercer piercing prick probe punch puncture rebore redrill riddle undrilled You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming and making less strong dent | American Dictionarydent noun[ C ] us/dent/ a small, hollow mark in the surface of something caused by pressure or being hit: She ran into my car and put a dent in it. dentverb[ T ]us/dent/ I dented the table with my hammer. Idiommake a dent in something Examples of dentdent One can think of legioned examples where dislocation and huge upset would be caused for small businesses, denting their production and wealth-creating capacity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The public image has been dented by the environmental crisis of the past 20 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The barrier crashed on to the roof of a car, denting and scratching it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The right to silence and the admissibility of evidence are dented. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The reality of discretionary spend would still hold, even if the principle were to be dented by accepting the new clause. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result of past actions, trust has been dented. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Pride is dented and old attitudes have to be set aside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Study of the graph of acci- dents since the records were commenced in the 1920s shows that we can. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 None of this has dented in any way the arguments which we put forward on these amendments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The income stream from such lotteries has been seriously dented by the creation of the national lottery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The institution in these recent times has had big knocks and severe dents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A careful study of the overall picture of civil employment indicates some most serious dents and bulges in the wrong places. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it possible that confidence was not dented because people think that the present solution is rather better than the one we had before? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, the vital importance of this question cannot surely be dented. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From the other place this patchwork, with criticism and even consideration limited by the guillotine, has emerged slightly scratched but hardly dented. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of dent These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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