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

• They had on faded derby hats with dents in them.
  他们戴着皱巴巴褪了色的圆顶礼帽。
• Those scratches and dents are damn serious.
  这车已经被划的很厉害了。
• He hammered out the dents in the metal sheet.
  他把金属板上的一些凹痕敲掉（或敲平）了。
• Yeah, but did you see the dents in his knuckles?
  但是，你看见他手关节上的凹凸么？
• Driving your Ferrari to the Piggly Wiggly and want to avoid shopping-cart dents? Park far, far away.
  开着法拉利去皮格利威格利公司并且想避免购物车出现凹痕吗？那么你就将车尽量停在远的地方。
• 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。
• The warp yarns are threaded through the spaces of the reed called dents.
  经纱穿过被称为筘隙的空间。
• There are no dents in the body& a respray will make your car look like new.
  车身没有什么凹痕，重新喷一次漆就能使您的汽车光亮如新。
• I need to get the dents in my car flattened out.
  我需要将我车上撞瘪的地方弄平。
• 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。