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单词 dent
释义
dent
(dent )
Word forms: dents , denting , dented
1. verb
If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.
A rock smashed into my left-front wheel, denting the rim. [VERB noun]
Its brass feet dented the carpet's thick pile. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: make a dent in, press in, gouge, depress  
dented adjective
Watch out for bargains, but never buy dented cans.
2. countable noun
A dent is a hollow in the surface of something which has been caused by hitting or pressing it.
There was a dent in the car which hadn't been there before. [+ in]
Synonyms: hollow, chip, indentation, depression  
3. verb
If something dents your ideas or your pride, it makes you realize that your ideas are wrong, or that you are not as good or successful as you thought.
This has not dented the City's enthusiasm for the company. [VERB noun]
After a while that sort of thing dents your confidence. [VERB noun]
4. countable noun [usu N in n]
If one thing makes a dent in another, it reduces it by a large amount.
The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem.
I hated to put any dents in his enthusiasm, but I was trying to be realistic.
Idioms:
make a dent in something
to reduce the amount or level of something
The average family in Britain spends £100 a week on food, which makes a big dent in the household budget.
Collocations:
huge dent in
These sorts of charges make a huge dent in returns in the long term.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This is a huge dent in our credibility.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
His down-to-earth and kind-hearted personality has helped stick a huge dent in the stereotypical image of footballers.
The Sun (2016)
leave a dent
Many expect a bounceback in tourism, but the boom in video conferencing, and pressure on corporate travel budgets, could leave a dent in lucrative business passenger revenues.
Times,Sunday Times
It wouldn't leave a dent.
Times, Sunday Times
I howl with laughter at my dating fails - but they also leave a dent that gets harder to shake off.
The Sun
It leaves a dent in the plaster and a spray of earth that clings to the white paint in a huge fan.
Times, Sunday Times
But it landed heavily on the floor, leaving a dent still there on the day they moved out.
The Sun
minor dent
It'll cost 390 million over five years, a minor dent given the duty raised 2.9 billion last year.
Times, Sunday Times
None made much more than a minor dent on the charts.
The Sun
Even a minor dent can be expensive to a rookie because of the high level of marksmanship by the mechanics.
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The work ranges from smoothing out minor dents to custom-building body panels and welding them in place and refinishing the surfaces.
The Sun
There are now four minor dents caused by people opening their doors in the next bay of the car park.
Times, Sunday Times
put a dent in
Those, you see, can really put a dent in love.
Times, Sunday Times
City are obviously going to be more up for it than normal because they know they can put a dent in our ambitions.
The Sun
Their divorce doesn't seem to have put a dent in their success.
Times, Sunday Times
Even new fads for mindful drinking and festive alcohol coaches will have barely put a dent in the mass ensozzlement.
Times,Sunday Times
If you decide to move, watch out for exit penalties which could put a dent in your savings.
Times, Sunday Times
serious dent
Only when banks are threatened with fines that make a serious dent in those grossly over-inflated profits are customers likely to see standards improve.
Times, Sunday Times
The supposed tricky part of his week had just ended and again he had sailed through it without sustaining a serious dent.
Times,Sunday Times
But nothing short of full control of our borders will make a serious dent in the numbers coming in.
The Sun
The initial plan was to raise 150,000 that would be matched and would make a serious dent in the million.
Times, Sunday Times
And it puts a serious dent in their profits.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 凹痕, 使凹陷
Japanese: へこみ, へこむ
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