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

• At this point, over-indulgence certainly needs a control or dampening.
  就这点来说，需要控制或抑制下过度放纵。
• The bottom line is that any policy designed to rebalance economic growth will have to raise household incomes while dampening down the saving rate.
  关键是，任何旨在再平衡经济增长的政策，都得在增加家庭收入的同时降低储蓄率。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is thought that our memory of what we have eaten plays a key role in dampening appetite.
  据认为，记忆在进食过程中有着重要的作用，它能抑制我们的食欲。
• 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。
• A sufficient slowdown in economic growth would have a dampening effect on the price of oil.
  经济增长率的明显放缓将会对油价上涨有着抑制作用。
• As well as dampening down demand, the Chinese have been trying to increase supply.
  除了压制需求，中国人还在试图增加供给。
• 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。