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

• The flight of capital is sapping the deposits needed to refinance mortgages and small business loans, causing a full-blown credit crisis.
  资本外逃导致储蓄锐减，令按揭再融资和小企业贷款供应紧张，引发全面的信贷危机。
• 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。
• That was aimed at reducing the loss of manufacturing jobs to Asia, which is hollowing out Japan's industrial base and sapping tax revenues.
  这个地区旨在减少亚洲制造业工作岗位的损失，制造业工作的减少正挖空日本工业基础并削弱其税收。
• 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。
• Retail therapy does work, but being happy can end up sapping our self-control in the face of tempting sales.
  零售也是个好办法，开心的感觉能让我们在面对折扣的诱惑时失去自我控制。
• Try letting go of the situation you cannot control, the one that's sapping your energy and churning your sleep.
  让消耗你的精力，扰乱你的睡眠而你又不能控制的局面顺其自然吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Rabid Bite: Trundle bites his opponent, dealing damage and sapping some of their attack damage.
  狂咬：川德尔撕咬他的敌人，造成伤害，并枯竭他们一部分攻击力。