英语释义

• make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;

  "muffle the message"

• make moist;

  "The dew moistened the meadows"

• smother or suppress;

  "Stifle your curiosity"

• reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

• check; keep in check (a fire)

• lessen in force or effect;

  "soften a shock"

  "break a fall"

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

片语

restrain抑制，控制；约束；制止

Dampen Light隔除光亮

dampen n抑制

dampen activity使不活跃

moisten潮湿；变潮湿

control控制；管理；抑制

Dampen Skin适用保湿肌肤

stay逗留；停止；支柱

dampen spirits打击某人情绪

英汉例句

• october’s rate also renewed pressure on china to accelerate the appreciation of its currency, a move which many believe could dampen inflation in the country.

  十月份的通胀率也再次对中国加快其货币升值施加了压力，许多人认为人民币升值可能会抑制中国的通货膨胀。

• faster increases in prices foster the belief that future increases will also be stronger, so that higher prices fuel demand rather than dampen it.

  房价加速上涨使人们相信，未来房价还会以更快的速度增长。 结果，更高的房价不仅没有抑制需求，反而刺激了更多需求。

• in another effort to try to dampen consumer lending, china boosted the required level of reserves that banks must deposit with the central bank, for the fourth time this year.

  为了抑制消费信贷，中国提高了各银行必须存于中央银行的存款準备金利率。这是其今年的第四次提高。

• but more importantly, they can be used as a method to train the body「s reaction to stressful situations and dampen the production of harmful stress hormones.

  而更重要的是，可以利用这种呼吸练习法训练身体对压力环境的反应，抑制有害压力激素的产生。

• the researchers believe that the flawed version of fto is more active than the normal one and 」turning it down「 could dampen appetite.

  研究人员认为，有缺陷的fto比正常基因更活跃，「把它关掉」就有可能抑制食欲。

• if this was happening during a boom, it might be understandable. but recession would normally dampen down price rises.

  如果说，经济繁荣期出现这场情况，这也还说得过去，然而衰退期间本来应该会抑制价格上涨速度的。

• neighbouring governments this time must also do more to dampen sectarian and ethnic tensions.

  这次，邻国政府必须同样付出更多努力来抑制教派及种族间的紧张态势。

• although the current recession is not expected to dampen passenger growth for long, ballooning government debt will constrain spending for years.

  尽管目前的经济衰退不会长期抑制乘客人数的增长，但是扩大政府赤字将会在未来数年内约束政府开支。

• but recession would normally dampen down price rises.

  但经济衰退通常抑制物价上涨。

• and the immediate impact of austerity is to dampen growth: witness the slump in greece.

  而紧缩政策立竿见影的效果就是抑制增长：看看希腊的萧条就知道了。

• the new chips won」t dampen the success of tablets, but they will make traditional, low-cost computers more competitive - by making them better at doing graphics-intensive tasks and playing video.

  新一代芯片不会抑制平板电脑的成功，但它们也会使传统的低成本电脑更有竞争力——通过增强处理密集图像任务和播放视频方面的性能。

• if they do not want their currencies to rise, governments in this position can intervene to try and dampen (or even prevent) the appreciation.

  如果政府不希望汇率上升，这种情况下他们可以进行干涉，试图抑制甚至是阻止升值过程。

• other makers of four-cylinder cars have either ignored the problem or adopted cheaper solutions—like heavier flywheels and more padded engine mounts to help dampen the secondary vibrations.

  其他的四缸引擎汽车制造商要么忽略了这一次生振动问题，要么采取了更经济的解决方法——比如安装更重的飞轮和更厚的引擎来抑制次生振动。

• many had expected an increase in quotas as members with spare production capacity, led by saudi arabia, pushed to avoid a price spike that may dampen long-term demand.

  许多人原本期望配额会增加，因为以沙特为首的有閑置产能的成员国努力在避免可能会抑制长期需求的价格飙升。

• kéri says the mutation might dampen activity in the brain「s prefrontal cortex, easing its usual brake on mood and emotions.

  克里说，突变可能会抑制大脑前额叶皮质的活动，放松其对情绪和情感的控制。

• how the gene works is unclear, but ashwin suspects it might dampen down activity in part of the brain called the amygdala, which plays a leading role in regulating our emotions.

  这个基因是如何发挥作用的还不清楚，艾斯文猜测它或许能抑制大脑中被称作杏仁核部分的活性，这个部分承担着最主要的情绪调节作用。

• attempting to cool the cores, engineers are flooding cores and their containment vessels with seawater and boric acid, which acts to dampen fission reactions.

  为了冷却核心，工程师们灌入掺了硼酸的海水，让核心及安全壳浸没在其内，以起到抑制裂变反应的作用。

• the ruling helped to dampen the tests」 use in state and federal court, where the results are rarely accepted as evidence.

  这个规定帮助抑制了在国家和联盟法庭上使用谎言测试的结果来充当证据。

• do u.s. bases in okinawa help dampen regional arms spending?

  美国在沖绳的基地抑制了地区性的军需消费了吗？

• 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。

• higher savings rates will dampen demand for credit, both directly and indirectly.

  较高的储蓄率将直接或间接地抑制信贷需求。

• excess capacity could dampen business investment, and so will banks’ continued reluctance to lend.

  产能过剩可能抑制商业投资，也会使银行的贷款热情持续低潮。

• to augment the interest rates increases, the government is implementing capital controls that seek to dampen consumer credit growth – one of the sources of overheating in the economy.

  为了增强加息效果，政府正在实施旨在抑制消费信贷增长的资本管制措施。消费信贷增长是巴西经济过热的源头之一。

• however, the world’s biggest mining company gave a cautious outlook, noting that demand in the chinese market had yet to reflect the government’s effort to dampen spending.

  然而，这家全球最大的矿业巨头对未来持谨慎态度，并指出目前中国市场的需求还未反映出政府对抑制过度开支所作的努力。

• that will dampen consumer spending.

  这将抑制消费者支出。

• it is the fastest pace of growth in 14 years and is sure to bring calls for the government to dampen a possibly overheating economy.

  这是近14年中最快的增长，这肯定会导致政府对可能已经过热的经济采取抑制措施。

相似词

discourage阻止；使气馁

depress压抑；使沮丧；使萧条

sprinkle撒，洒；少量，一点；稀疏小雨；（撒在糕饼上作装饰用的）彩糖，糖屑

wet弄湿

moisten潮湿；变潮湿

humidify使潮湿；使湿润

suppress抑制；镇压；废止

smother使窒息；抑制；（用灰等）闷熄；忍住

mute哑巴；弱音器；闭锁音

deaden变得如死一般；失去活力

muffle低沉的声音；消声器；包裹物（如头巾，围巾等）；唇鼻部

dull钝的；迟钝的；无趣的；呆滞的；阴暗的

water(Water)人名；(英)沃特

mute哑巴；弱音器；闭锁音

muffle低沉的声音；消声器；包裹物（如头巾，围巾等）；唇鼻部

sprinkle撒，洒；少量，一点；稀疏小雨；（撒在糕饼上作装饰用的）彩糖，糖屑

depress压抑；使沮丧；使萧条

deaden变得如死一般；失去活力

dull钝的；迟钝的；无趣的；呆滞的；阴暗的

discourage阻止；使气馁

moisten潮湿；变潮湿

smother使窒息；抑制；（用灰等）闷熄；忍住

wet弄湿

suppress抑制；镇压；废止