| 词汇 | dented |
| 释义 | dented past simple and past participle ofdent 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） His 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 dent drill gouge hole perforate perforated pierce prick probe punch puncture rebore redrill riddle You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming and making less strong Examples of denteddented In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. To see this, consider a situation in which a man gets his car dented due to another driver's negligence. What millennia of philosophers and artists have been unable to resolve is unlikely to be even dented by a few generations of archaeologists. The morale of the police had also been dented because they had failed in their most vital obligation : the fight against crime. The basal area around the scar is often slightly dented oralwards. The fender was dented in an accident. There are, ofcourse, many groups working throughout the world to remedy these problems and their enthusiasm to produce a viable e-nose does not appear to have been dented. 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 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 Its already dented reputation in terms of a quick response to issues of this kind will become even more 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 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 That pride has been dented for a variety of reasons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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