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VERB
使凹陷;使产生凹痕
If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.
例句
A great chunk of loose kerbing smashed into my left-front wheel, bursting the tyre and denting the rim...
我车子的左前轮撞在一大块松动的路缘石上，导致车胎爆裂、轮辋凹陷。
Its brass feet dented the carpet's thick pile.
其黄铜支脚把厚绒地毯压出了印。
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N-COUNT
凹痕;凹坑
A dent is a hollow in the surface of something which has been caused by hitting or pressing it.
例句
There was a dent in the car which hadn't been there before.
车上出现了一处以前没有的凹痕。
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VERB
削减;削弱;损害
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.
例句
This has not dented the City's enthusiasm for the company.
这并没有减弱伦敦金融界对这个公司的热情。
After a while that sort of thing dents your confidence.
那种事情过上一段时间就会挫伤信心。
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N-COUNT
削减;削弱
If one thing makes a dent in another, it reduces it by a large amount.
例句
The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem...
委员会几乎还没有在这个问题上取得任何进展。
I hated to put any dents in his enthusiasm, but I was trying to be realistic.
我不想打击他的热情，只是试图现实一些。