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[英] [ˈdæmpən] [美] [ˈdæmpən] 生词本

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1. VERB 降低，减弱，抑制(热情、激动等) To dampen something such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense. 

  • Nothing seems to dampen his perpetual enthusiasm...

    似乎没有什么能让他那持久的热情消退。

  • I hate to dampen your spirits but aren't you overlooking a couple of minor points.

    我不想扫你的兴，但你是否忽视了几个小的问题呢？

  • To dampen something down means the same as to dampen it.dampen down 同 dampen

    • Although unemployment rose last month, this is unlikely to dampen down wage demands...

      虽然上个月失业人数上升，但这不太可能减弱工人要求加薪的意愿。

    • The economy overheated and the Government used interest rates to dampen it down.

      经济发展过热，政府通过利率加以抑制。

2. VERB 使潮湿;弄湿 If you dampen something, you make it slightly wet. 

  • She took the time to dampen a washcloth and do her face.

    她花了点时间弄湿毛巾，洗了把脸。

Verb

1. smother or suppress;

  • "Stifle your curiosity"

2. make moist;

  • "The dew moistened the meadows"

3. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

4. reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

5. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;

  • "muffle the message"

6. check; keep in check (a fire)

7. lessen in force or effect;

  • "soften a shock"
  • "break a fall"
1. Don't dampen the enthusiasm of the masses.
不要损伤大家的积极性。

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