dampen 英 [ˈdæmpən]   美 [ˈdæmpən]

dampen

dampen  英 [ˈdæmpən] 美 [ˈdæmpən]

vt. 抑制;使…沮丧;使…潮湿  vi. 潮湿;丧气 

进行时:dampening  过去式:dampened  过去分词:dampened  第三人称单数:dampens  名词复数:dampens 

Write down the common phrases that come up—the ones that dampen your spirits and discourage you. 写下你心里出现的常见词语——就是那些抑制你的精气神,让你泄气的词汇。
Feeling the glass, he discovered that he could dampen the vibration but couldn't make it stop. 通过感觉玻璃,他发现可以抑制玻璃的振动但是无法使它停止下来。

  • To dampen something is to stifle it, to lessen its effect, or to moisten it. Getting a cold will dampen your enthusiasm.
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  • vt. 抑制;使…沮丧;使…潮湿
  • vi. 潮湿;丧气
  • 1. Write down the common phrases that come up—the ones that dampen your spirits and discourage you.

    写下你心里出现的常见词语——就是那些抑制你的精气神,让你泄气的词汇。

  • 2. Feeling the glass, he discovered that he could dampen the vibration but couldn't make it stop.

    通过感觉玻璃,他发现可以抑制玻璃的振动但是无法使它停止下来。

  • dampen (v.) 1630s, "to dull or deaden" (of force, enthusiasm, ardor, etc.), from damp (adj.) + -en (1). Meaning "to moisten" is recorded from 1827. Related: Dampened; dampening.
damp·en / ˈdæmpən ; NAmE ˈdæmpən / verb 1 ( also less frequent damp ) dampensth to make sth slightly wet 弄湿;使潮湿 Perspiration dampened her face and neck. 她的脸和脖子都汗津津的。 He dampened his hair to make it lie flat. 他把头发弄湿,梳得平平的。 2 dampensth to make sth such as a feeling or a reaction less strong 抑制,控制,减弱(感情、反应等) None of the setbacks could dampen his enthusiasmfor the project. 任何挫折都不能减弱他对这个项目的热情。 She wasn't going to let anything dampen her spiritstoday. 她不想让任何事情来影响她今天的兴致。 dampen dampens dampened dampening damp·en / ˈdæmpən ; NAmE ˈdæmpən /
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