dents

英 [dents]

美 [dents]

v.  使凹陷; 使产生凹痕; 损害，伤害，挫伤(信心、名誉等)
n.  凹痕; 凹坑; 凹部
dent的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使凹陷;使产生凹痕
  If youdentthe surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.
  1. A great chunk of loose kerbing smashed into my left-front wheel, bursting the tyre and denting the rim...
     我车子的左前轮撞在一大块松动的路缘石上，导致车胎爆裂、轮辋凹陷。
  2. Its brass feet dented the carpet's thick pile.
     其黄铜支脚把厚绒地毯压出了印。
• N-COUNT 凹痕;凹坑
  Adentis a hollow in the surface of something which has been caused by hitting or pressing it.
  1. There was a dent in the car which hadn't been there before.
     车上出现了一处以前没有的凹痕。
• VERB 削减;削弱;损害
  If somethingdentsyour ideas or your pride, it makes you realize that your ideas are wrong, or that you are not as good or successful as you thought.
  1. This has not dented the City's enthusiasm for the company.
     这并没有减弱伦敦金融界对这个公司的热情。
  2. After a while that sort of thing dents your confidence.
     那种事情过上一段时间就会挫伤信心。
• N-COUNT 削减;削弱
  If one thing makes adent inanother, it reduces it by a large amount.
  1. The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem...
     委员会几乎还没有在这个问题上取得任何进展。
  2. I hated to put any dents in his enthusiasm, but I was trying to be realistic.
     我不想打击他的热情，只是试图现实一些。

双语例句

• Repeating parrot-fashion that they remain well capitalised dents confidence that government stress tests will be sufficiently taxing.
  再机械地说什么它们仍然资金充足，只会削弱人们的信任，让人们难以相信政府压力测试的难度会足够大。
• Those scratches and dents are damn serious.
  这车已经被划的很厉害了。
• Check each body panel and the roof, looking for scratches, dents, and rust.
  检查车身的每块嵌板和车顶，寻找擦伤，凹痕和锈。
• Thirty-six percent of survey respon ­ dents identified themselves and their leadership teams as being primarily responsible for cloud misconceptions such as lack of reliability.
  36%的受访者认为自己和他们的领导团队在对云的误解如缺乏可靠性上承担主要责任。
• From the exterior, many of the mobile homes showed some dents in walls or roofs and a certain amount of distortion.
  从外部来看，许多活动住房的墙壁或房顶有凹痕和相当程度的扭曲。
• Yeah, but did you see the dents in his knuckles?
  但是，你看见他手关节上的凹凸么？
• New car owners searching for dents and scratches.
  寻找凹痕和擦伤的新车车主。
• Thank for my nose, even thought it dents it can help me to breathe fresh air.
  感谢我的鼻子，即使塌陷，也让我呼吸新鲜空气。
• Does the paint feel smooth or is it covering rust or dents?
  油漆感觉平滑还是下面覆盖了锈或塌陷？
• After a while that sort of thing dents your confidence.
  那种事情过上一段时间就会挫伤信心。