| 单词 | to make a dent in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make (also put) a dent in b. figurative. A more or less significant impression made upon some situation or state of affairs, esp. by gradual, continued effort; a (detrimental) reducing effect or reduction. Frequently in to make (also put) a dent in. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] rineOE takec1300 concern1446 redound1460 work1487 touch1491 solicit1601 salutea1616 enact1616 affect1630 reach1637 attinge1640 act1655 influence1661 irradiate1668 vibrate1845 involve1847 inwork1855 to cut ice (with someone)1894 dent1931 impact1935 to make (also put) a dent in1942 the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] > impression made upon a situation or affair dent1942 the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > other types of effect co-effect1768 ricochet1773 surface effect1837 emergent1874 dent1942 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > declining or falling off > a detrimental reducing effect dent1985 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > cause detrimental reduction in to make (also put) a dent in1986 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §243/6 Dent, nick, make a dent or nick in, to make a showing or impression, make some progress. 1949 Reader's Digest Mar. 61/1 General Omar Bradley..was unable to make a dent in the imperturbable bureaucracy of other divisions. 1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 10 June (1970) 286 We can work on domestic problems and make a dent—a rather wonderful dent—but the great world is more complex. 1985 Times 11 July 15/2 There is going to be a dent in our profits. But they will by no means be wiped out. 1986 N.Y. Post 9 July 56/4 It took the Statue of Liberty party to put a dent in the New York Bight bluefishing. < as lemmas |
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