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单词 dampen
释义
dampen
verb[T]
uk
/ˈdæm.pən/us
/ˈdæm.pən/

dampenverb[T](MAKE WET)

(alsodamp)
to make somethingslightlywet:
使潮湿；把…弄潮；使受潮
Rain had dampened thetentso weleftit todryin theafternoonsun.雨水打湿了帐篷，午后我们把它放到太阳底下晒。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wet weather & wetness
  • clamminess
  • damp
  • dampness
  • dankness
  • dreich
  • drench
  • drenched/soaked/wet to the skinidiom
  • misty
  • moist
  • moisten
  • saturate
  • saturated
  • soak
  • soggily
  • sogginess
  • spongy
  • sun shower
  • waterlogged
  • wetly
  • wetness
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dampenverb[T](FEELINGS)

to makefeelings,especiallyofexcitementorenjoyment, lessstrong:
使（尤指兴奋或喜悦之情）平静下来；稳定（情绪）；对…泼冷水
Nothing you can say will dampen herenthusiasm.不管你说什么她的热情丝毫不减。
I didn'twantto dampen hisspirits.我不想给他泼冷水。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making less strong
  • abate
  • abatement
  • adulterate
  • adulterated
  • adulteration
  • decline
  • emasculation
  • enervate
  • enervating
  • enfeeble
  • enfeebled
  • fade
  • melt
  • relieve
  • sink
  • totter
  • tottering
  • turn to jellyidiom
  • wane
  • waste away
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(Definition ofdampenfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

dampen| American Dictionary

dampen
verb[T]
us
/ˈdæm·pən/
to make somethingslightlywet:
Raindampenedthetent, but itdriedin thesun.
If somethingdampensfeelings,esp. ofexcitementorenjoyment, it makes them lessstrong:
Ithinktheaccidentdampenedhisenthusiasmforbaseball.
(Definition ofdampenfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

dampen| Business English

dampen
verb[T]
uk
/ˈdæmpən/us
to make something lessstrongorsuccessful:
Theoutlookfor theglobaleconomylookedgloomy, anddampenedexpectationsof ariseinprofitsthatquarter.
Rising raw-materialcostsdampenedprofitsfor manymanufacturers.
(Definition ofdampenfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdampen

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Direct democracy and federalism have not only geared the path of welfare state evolution in a more liberal direction, but have also dampened social expenditures.
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Such expectations need to be dampened from the experience elsewhere.
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While corporatism still acted as a brake on inflationary pressures, central bank independence was no longer a significant factor in dampening rising prices.
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Increases in the use of capital have dampened but not reversed this trend.
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By this stage, the initial 'infectiousness' should be predictably dampened if not extinguished (provided that the time units involved are not too short).
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Cascades can be dampened by public policies, such as installing snow fences on the sides of mountains that are prone to avalanches.
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The expectation of this long-run equilibrium appreciation already dampens the initial overshooting depreciation.
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The incessant and mostly fruitless campaigns further impoverished the leadership and dampened its warrior spirit.
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54 society would have dampened demand for prestige goods, while the lower strata would have been too busy scrambling to survive to bother with acquiring fancy pottery.
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An interposition graft may be used, but this dampens the progression of the pulsatile wave down the descending aorta and may thus contribute to renal hypertension.
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Across the three outcome variables, the conditioning influence of high school work experience is clearly present and consistent in dampening the effects of young-adult work stressors on mental health.
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Technological breakthroughs in vegetable production, if they are realized, will be at least as important for dampening the volatility of vegetable yields as for increasing mean yields.
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Most of these cases involve a disease-modifying drug which works by dampening the disease process to prevent further proliferation into the major joints, which in turn could cause disability.
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In traditional societies, output fluctuated widely, but the effects on income were dampened by the inverse correlation with prices (given the low elasticity of food consumption).
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When the cantilever c o m e s close to the surface, the amplitude of t h e oscillations is dampened and the surface can be detected.
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