dent
dent
英[dent]美[dent]
n.凹痕，削减，削弱；
v.使凹陷，削减，挫伤；
复数：dents;
第三人称单数：dents;
过去式：dented;
过去分词：dented;
现在分词：denting;
例句
The embarrassing stories about his past made quite a dent in his reputation.关于他过去的令人难堪的传说损坏了他的名誉。
Can you hammer out the dent in the side of my car?你能敲平我车子侧边的凹痕 吗 ?
Losing the match made quite a dent in his ego.比赛失败对他的自尊心打击极大.
Recently it makes a sizable dent in this prediction.这一预言*近有了很大进展.
The stone made a dent in the roof of my car.我的汽车顶让石头砸了个坑.
Like Dent, Norwegian artist Vebjorn Sand became fixated on an unrealized Leonardo dream, the Bosporus bridge.和登特一样, 挪威艺术家维比昂·桑德对达·芬奇未能实现的梦想--博斯普鲁斯大桥--着了迷.
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。
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。
同义词
n.
dent的同义词之：凹痕;齿
nicknotchpitimpressdent的同义词之：其他释义
notchdepressionpitimpressnick柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
使凹陷;使产生凹痕
If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.
例句
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。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
A dent is a hollow in the surface of something which has been caused by hitting or pressing it.
例句
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 something dents your 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.
例句
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。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 a dent in another, it reduces it by a large amount.
例句
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。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。英汉词典释义
n.
凹痕, 凹坑；凹部
He hammered out the dents in the metal sheet.他把金属板上的一些凹痕敲掉了。减少；削弱
The embarrassing stories about his past made quite a dent in his reputation.关于他过去的令人难堪的传说损坏了他的名誉。牙,牙齿
vt.
使产生凹痕
I’m afraid I’ve dented the car.恐怕我把车子撞瘪了一些。损害，伤害，挫伤（信心、名誉等）
vi.
出现凹痕
英英词典释义
Noun
1. an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening);
"it made a dent in my bank account"2. a depression scratched or carved into a surface
3. an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
Verb
1. make a depression into;
"The bicycle dented my car"
