sapping

英 [ˈsæpɪŋ]

美 [ˈsæpɪŋ]

v.  使虚弱; 削弱; 逐渐破坏
sap的现在分词

现在分词：sapping　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 消耗(精力);削弱(信心)
  If somethingsapsyour strength or confidence, it gradually weakens or destroys it.
  1. I was afraid the sickness had sapped my strength...
     我担心患病已让我元气大伤。
  2. Analysts say the recession in Japan has sapped investor confidence.
     分析家称日本的经济衰退已经打击了投资者的信心。
• N-UNCOUNT (植物的)液，汁
  Sapis the watery liquid in plants and trees.
  1. The leaves, bark and sap are also common ingredients of local herbal remedies.
     树叶、树皮和树汁也是当地草药的常用药材。
• N-COUNT 笨蛋;傻瓜
  If you describe someone as asap, you think they are foolish.
  1. ...her poor sap of a husband.
     她可怜的傻瓜丈夫

双语例句

• Tighter credit conditions are sapping already feeble demand.
  紧缩的信贷让本就无力的需求更加乏力。
• They say these workers, mostly in their20s and early30s, are sapping Japan's international competitiveness at a time when the aging country must raise its productivity to keep the economy growing.
  他们说，这些多为二十多岁或三十岁出头的员工削弱了日本的国际竞争力，而此时这个老龄化国家所需的是提高生产力以保持经济增长。
• Apply that question across the board and you'll know what and who is sapping your energy so you can avoid them.
  将问题在生活中应用的话，你会知道谁哪些事情在消耗你的能量，你就能避开。
• He maintained they are vile mystical creatures from another realm who can only sustain their existence in our world by sapping life energy from men or animals.
  他说这些卑劣的神秘生物来自于一个通过吸取人类或者动物能量来维持生命的物种。
• This hot weather is very sapping& it makes me feel tired all the time.
  这热天真使人筋疲力尽&使我老觉得疲乏。
• The study is of much significance to engineering problems such as piping, sapping, and heat conduction.
  对于管涌、流土、热传导等工程问题具有一定的意义。
• Less measurable, but no less profound, is a sapping of confidence across our land; a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, that the next generation must lower its sights.
  不到衡量，但不深刻，是一个削弱信心通过我们的土地，一个恼人的担心，美国的衰落是不可避免的，下一代必须降低其景点。
• Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land.
  危机难以测量，但更难以测量的是其对美国人国家自信的侵蚀。
• What's worse, the animalistic instinct dormant deep in our subconsciousness will come to life, weakening our will to pursue our noble ideal, sapping our determination to sweep away obstacles to our success and strangling our desire for the refinement of our character.
  更糟的是，蛰伏在我们潜意识深处的兽性本能就会复活，削弱我们追求高贵理想的意志，弱化我们扫除成功障碍的决心，而且扼杀我们净化人格的欲望。
• The fifty shades of gray hovering above China's cities could be sapping the country's men of their virility.
  盘旋在中国城市上空的五十度灰有可能伤及该国男性的男子气概。