dampen

英 ['dæmpən] 美 ['dæmpən]

• v. (使)潮湿；使沮丧；抑制

英英释义

Verb:

1. smother or suppress;

   "Stifle your curiosity"
   

2. make moist;

   "The dew moistened the meadows"
   

3. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

4. reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

5. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;

   "muffle the message"
   

6. check; keep in check (a fire)

7. lessen in force or effect;

   "soften a shock"
   "break a fall"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Please dampen that sponge for me.
   请把那海绵弄湿了给我。
2. The camp supplies dampened during the long rainy season.
   营地补给品在漫长的雨季里变潮湿了。
3. The bad news dampened our spirits.
   这恶耗使得我们精神沮丧。
4. Nothing can dampen my spirit and darken my life.
   没有什么能使我沮丧，使我生活暗淡。
5. 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。

词汇搭配

• dampen out 减弱掉, 吸收尽, ...

近反义词

【近义词】

• moisten 弄湿
• wet 湿的
• dull 呆滞的
• humidify 使湿润
• depress 使沮丧
• muffle 围裹
• mute 哑子
• sprinkle 洒
• deaden 使(感觉、痛苦等)减弱...
• discourage 阻碍
• smother 窒息
• suppress 镇压
• damp 潮湿的
• stifle 使窒息
• damp down 减慢(封)
• reduce 减少
• diminish 减少
• check 检查
• inhibit 抑制
• water 水
• wash 洗
• soften (使)变柔和
• tone down （使）柔和
• break 打碎
• weaken 使 ... 弱，削弱...