1 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. 使凹陷;使产生凹痕
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A great chunk of loose kerbing smashed into my left-front wheel, bursting the tyre and denting the rim. [VERB noun]
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。
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Its brass feet dented the carpet's thick pile. [VERB noun]
其黄铜支脚把厚绒地毯压出了印。
SYN make a dent in, press in, gouge, depress
2 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. 凹痕;凹坑
SYN hollow, chip, indentation, depression
3 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. 削减;削弱;损害
4 N-COUNT [usu N in n] 削减;削弱 If one thing makes a dent in another, it reduces it by a large amount. 削减;削弱
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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。
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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。
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