| 释义 |
sap2/sæp/ n. & v.●n. 1 a tunnel or trench to conceal assailants' approach to a fortified place; a covered siege-trench (掩蔽进攻人员逼近对方要塞的)坑道；战壕 2 an insidious or slow undermining of a belief, resolution, etc. (信仰、决心等)破坏，动摇 ●v. (sapped, sapping) 1 intr.a dig a sap or saps 挖坑道，挖战壕 b approach by a sap (隐蔽地)逼近 2 tr. undermine; make insecure by removing the foundations 破坏；动摇(根基) 3 tr. weaken or destroy insidiously (暗中)削弱或破坏 his confidence has been sapped 他的信心已经动摇 [ultimately from Italian zappa ‘spade, spadework’, in part through French sappe sap(p)er, probably of Arabic origin] |