dented

英 [ˈdentɪd]

美 [ˈdentɪd]

v.  使凹陷; 使产生凹痕; 损害，伤害，挫伤(信心、名誉等)
dent的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：dented　过去式：dented　

BNC.34953 / COCA.24727

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。

英英释义

adj

• of metal e.g.
  1. bent nails
  2. a car with a crumpled front end
  3. dented fenders
  Synonym:bentcrumpled

双语例句

• Recent revelations about his private life have dented his popularity.
  最近对他私生活的曝光降低了他受欢迎的程度。
• Yeah, and his front fender's dented.-Yeah.
  对，他的车前挡泥板也有凹痕，没错。
• Indeed, most wealth managers say high leverage severely dented Asians 'wealth during the 2007-2009 market carnage.
  事实上，大多数财富经理表示，在2007至2009市场大浩劫期间，高杠杆率严重削弱了亚洲的财富。
• I drove into a post and dented the bumper slightly.
  我开车撞上了电线杆，把汽车的保险杠稍稍撞瘪了。
• The car was badly dented.
  车被严重撞凹。
• Remember the day I borrowed your brand new car and dented it?
  你记不记得那一天，我把你借给我的新车撞坏了？
• Its brass feet dented the carpet's thick pile.
  其黄铜支脚把厚绒地毯压出了印。
• Uncertainty over healthcare reform and a dearth of funding for biotechnology companies since the crisis have dented revenue recently.
  美国医疗改革方面的不确定性以及自危机爆发以来生物技术公司所面临的资金短缺，近来已影响了公司收入。
• It also dented my notion that it never rains in cairo.
  这还使我意识到，认为开罗从不下雨的想法是错误的。
• The subsequent financial and economic crash may have dented the confidence of some economists in particular tenets of their discipline.
  随后的金融和经济危机可能打击了某些经济学家的信心，尤其是其学科的信条。