Helping make a dent in a massive social problem.

帮助在一个巨大的社会问题上取得进展。

It isn't going to make a dent in the feathers.

在羽毛上是凹不进去的。

But Carter could not make a dent in what he rightly termed America's malaise.

但他不能使他称为“美国低迷”的状态有所好转。

More than that, he wanted a product that would, in his words, make a dent in the universe.

不仅如此，用他自己的话说，他需要一个在宇宙中留下印迹的产品。

What's it going to take for you guys to really be able to make a dent in this problem?

你们真的能够在这个问题上有所作为吗？

But a few weeks could make a dent in gross domestic product, and in a fragile economy, that could hurt.

但几周可能削弱国内生产总值, 使经济变得脆弱, 可能造成致命伤。

Sales may be growing fast, but they are barely making a dent in the $1.7tr global market for animal-derived protein.

虽然素食的销售额增长迅速，但在全球价值 1.7 万亿美元的动物源蛋白质市场上，这不过沧海一粟。

How is this gonna make a dent in that?

西蒙：这对这件事有何影响？

It means they know we've made a dent in their case.

这说明他们知道我们对本案有所削弱。

Rising rates are making a dent in the property market, the most interest-sensitive part of the economy.

利率上升正在削弱房地产市场，这是经济中对利率最敏感的部分。

But many others realized that despite his temperamental failings, Jobs had the charisma and corporate clout that would lead them to " make a dent in the universe."

但其他很多人意识到，尽管乔布斯有喜怒无常的毛病，但他非凡的魅力和团队影响力都足以引领大家改变世界。

Throughout history, I have aligned myself with or destroyed those humans in power, hoping to make a dent in mankind's race to oblivion.

回顾历史 我在人类的大舞台上纵横捭阖 与当权者或敌或友，就是希望逐步灭绝人类这个种族。

They've got no discernible wings. The bit that pokes out of the side of the body is four inches. It isn't going to make a dent in the feathers.

雷鸟翅膀的轮廓无法辨认。从鸟身侧面伸出来的部分有4英寸(约10厘米)长。羽毛上无法凹出翅膀的痕迹。

They've called the ruling absurd and said that even if Montana completely transformed its economy to a net-zero one, it would barely make a dent in global greenhouse gas emissions.

他们称这一裁决荒谬，并表示即使蒙大拿州将其经济完全转变为净零经济，也几乎不会减少全球温室气体排放。

While trees take generations to mature enough to really make a dent in carbon concentration, algae grows quickly, and spreads widely, giving it the potential to be even better at absorbing and consuming carbon than our woody friends.

树木需要几代才能成熟到足以降低碳浓度，藻类却生长迅速，并且大量繁殖，这使它比起我们的树木朋友具有更好的吸收和消耗碳的能力。

So everyone thinks it's sort of this destination, this inspired mission I wanted to be out on colleges, make a dent in cancer but more often than not purpose is designed much more from this lower case p perspective.

所以每个人都认为这是一个目的地，这个启发性的使命， 我想上大学， 在癌症中有所作为， 但更多时候目的是从小写 p 的角度设计的。