dampening

英 [ˈdæmpənɪŋ]

美 [ˈdæmpənɪŋ]

v.  弄湿; 使潮湿; 抑制，控制，减弱(感情、反应等)
dampen的现在分词

现在分词：dampening　

化学

COCA.37119

柯林斯词典

• VERB 降低，减弱，抑制(热情、激动等)
  Todampensomething such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense.
  1. Nothing seems to dampen his perpetual enthusiasm...
     似乎没有什么能让他那持久的热情消退。
  2. 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？
  3. Todampensomethingdownmeans the same as todampenit.
     dampen down 同 dampen
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
• VERB 使潮湿;弄湿
  If youdampensomething, you make it slightly wet.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the act of making something slightly wet
  Synonym:moistening

双语例句

• Fortunately for us all, they seem uncowed by the harsh economic realities of today's wine market, dogged by a serious grape glut which is having a dampening effect on prices – to the detriment of producers and to the benefit of consumers.
  对我们所有人来说幸运的是，他们似乎并未被当今葡萄酒市场严酷的经济现实所吓倒。如今市场上葡萄供应量严重过剩，大大压低了价格，这损害了酿造商的利益，但造福了消费者。
• "If you have emotional dampening, you may distrust others because you cannot read emotional meaning in their face or their verbal communications," he said.
  “如果你有情感阻尼，你可能不信任别人，因为你不能阅读别人的面部表情和言语情感，”他说。
• "Dampening of positive emotions may rob one of the restorative benefits of close personal relations, vacations and hobbies," he said.
  “阻尼积极的情绪可剥夺密切的私人关系，休假和爱好所带来的修复益处，”他说。
• The rise in interest rates had had some dampening effect on the property market.
  利率上升在一定程度上压抑了物业市道。
• Lorenzo Valdevit, UCI's principal investigator on the project, brought up impact protection, uses in the aerospace industry, acoustic dampening and maybe some battery applications.
  LorenzoValdevit，UCI在这个项目的主要调查人员，提出了用于航天工业的撞击保护，隔音和一些在电池上的应用。
• By turning back to the wisdom of the Stoic philosophers, we may find a helpful way of tempering some of our expectations and dampening our shock at disasters and bloodshed.
  回顾一下斯多噶学派哲人的智慧，我们或许能找到一种有益的方法，从而调节我们的种种期望，并减轻灾难和流血带来的震惊。
• Ancient buildings tend to have a huge roof and extended eaves. This is to prevent rain from dampening the walls.
  古代建筑习惯用大屋顶和出檐，目的是防止雨水淋湿墙体。
• This should have a dampening impact on regional stock markets and on asset markets which are most closely linked with Chinese demand, she says.
  这应该会对地区股市以及与中国需求联系最为紧密的资产市场产生负面影响，简表示。
• In printing, these substances may be added to ink, paper, and dampening solutions.
  在印刷中，这些物质常加入印墨，纸张或水槽液中。
• The wide gap between the two sides is dampening optimism that the Istanbul talks will make substantial progress in resolving Iran's nuclear stance.
  双方的分歧巨大，这给有关伊斯坦布尔会谈将在解决伊朗核立场问题上取得实质性进展的乐观情绪泼上了冷水。