片语

chip away at削弱；损害；一点点地除掉；从…抽去实质性的东西

to weaken削弱；减弱

英汉例句

• all the criticism in the world, whether it’s the faulty antenna or the alleged susceptibility of its glass construction, doesn’t seem to make a dent in sales.

  无论是天线还是玻璃结构的敏感性问题，一点都不影响销售。

• exclusive content deals may just be what microsoft needs to reach a combined 30%, which some experts see as the minimum to make a dent in google「s business.

  一些专家认为这是能够对谷歌业务产生影响的最低标準，微软似乎已经準备好花费任何代价来支持必应。

• drink all you want -- you won」t even make a dent in a swimming pool that is two miles deep.

  你可以在里面畅游——当你在这个2英里深的池子里游泳时，你甚至不用弯腰。

• as for b vitamins, research shows that yes, these do cut homocysteine levels …but no, that doesn「t make a dent in heart danger.

  对于维生素b而言，研究持肯定态度，这些的确减轻了同型半胱氨酸水平。但是错了，事实上他们并没有削减心脏病的危险。

• so far, none have managed to make a dent in the search market.

  到现在为止还没有一个在搜索市场上有所表现。

• i」ll try to help you make a dent in some of that work.

  我会尽量帮你动手此中的一些义务。

• but it will make a dent in the mountains of trash that pile up.

  但它将使我们关注到堆积成山的垃圾场。

• you make a dent in creation that cannot be duplicated. that is the basis of self-esteem.

  你在天地造化中留下了无法复制的痕迹，这就是自尊的基石。

• the economy needs to grow by at least 7% per year to make a dent in high unemployment and poverty levels.

  要降低较高的失业率和贫困率，该国的年增长率至少要达到5%。

• the muted moves came ahead of u.s. data on nonfarm payrolls for november. analysts expect the pace of jobs growth to improve, but remain too slow to make a dent in unemployment levels.

  股市动向尚不明朗，外界等待美国11月份非农就业人数报告公布，分析师预计美国11月就业岗位的增长速度有所改善，但是增速依然缓慢，不足以降低目前居高不下的失业率。

• that, by itself, is unlikely to encourage much new investment, so if america is to make a dent in its emissions, it will have to rely mostly on subsidies.

  这样的价位不足以刺激新的技术投资。而对于美国，它将会依赖于资金补贴来削减碳排放量。

• atlassian hope this will be able to make a dent in with the million github repositories, a milestone reached in july 2010, and (more recently) the one millionth user of the service.

  在2010年7月，github上的存储库达到了里程碑式的100万个，最近，服务的用户也达到了这个数字。

• but to make a dent in the cleaning, you’d need to dedicate a whole month’s worth of weekends.

  但是如果打扫一下，你花掉一个月的所有的周末。

• it is in these sleepless hours propelled by my inner drive to make a dent in world where i find the solace to connect with the deepest parts my own soul.

  正是在这些无眠的日夜里，被我内心一直蠢蠢欲动想要小小改变世界的声音所驱使，我找到了一种深层的安宁与慰藉，它让我可以倾听自己灵魂最深处的意愿。

• so will windows phone give nokia the level of differentiation it needs to really make a dent in google and apple「s growth?

  那么，windowsphone系统能够为诺基亚提供它所需要的独特性，从而遏制谷歌和苹果的发展势头吗？

• developing countries also lack the resources to implement drastic changes, and drastic changes may be required to make a dent in the volume of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in coming decades.

  发展中国家也缺乏实现彻底改变所需的资源，而在未来几十年若要削减大气中的温室气体含量，彻底改变可能是必须的。

• 「a lot of the smaller companies are coming up to commercialize and, if you want to make a dent in the energy space, you have a huge amount of capital needs, 」 molnar said in an interview.

  在一次采访中他说道：“许多小公司目前都在积极进行商业化运作。

• but side effects are a problem, and it」s unclear whether the findings will make a dent in an addiction that affects millions of americans.

  但是副作用是个问题，并且还不清楚这个发现是否会导致药物成瘾而影响数百万计的美国人。

• if the particles do their bit, he thinks that a few dozen megawatts of additional electrical power is all that will be needed to make a dent in the amount of co2.

  如果那些微粒做好自己的角色，王博士认为几打兆瓦特的额外电能就足够使co2总量产生明显的减少。

• the lawyer「s fees will make a dent in our finances.

  律师费将耗去我们一部份资金。

• the lawyer」s fees will make a dent in our finances.

  律师费将耗去我们一部分资金。

• the only dilemma is that consumers are yet purchase these recycled items in enough quantity to even make a dent in the waste problem.

  唯一的难题是消费者尚未购买了足够数量的这些回收物品甚至在废物问题初见成效。

• this has led to speculation that it could eventually make a dent in facebook's fortunes, even though size-wise it is not in the same league.

  这引起了人们的猜测，推特网最终会不会挖走脸谱网一块金砖？尽管从规模大小来看，这两个网站并不属于同一级别。

• exclusive content deals may just be what microsoft needs to reach a combined 30%, which some experts see as the minimum to make a dent in google’s business.

  独家内容协议可能使微软获得它所想要的30%的市场份额。

• analysts expect the pace of jobs growth to improve, but remain too slow to make a dent in unemployment levels.

  股市动向尚不明朗，外界等待美国11月份非农就业人数报告公布，分析师预计美国11月就业岗位的增长速度有所改善，但是增速依然缓慢，不足以降低目前居高不下的失业率。