dampen
v. 弄湿; 减弱,抑制(热情、激动等)
To dampen something such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense.
Nothing seems to dampen his perpetual enthusiasm...
似乎没有什么能让他那持久的热情消退。
I hate to dampen your spirits but aren't you overlooking a couple of minor points.
我不想扫你的兴,但你是否忽视了几个小的问题呢?
If you dampen something, you make it slightly wet.
She took the time to dampen a washcloth and do her face.
她花了点时间弄湿毛巾,洗了把脸。
1. smother or suppress;
2. make moist;
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;
6. check; keep in check (a fire)
7. lessen in force or effect;
Neighbouring governments this time must also do more to dampen sectarian and ethnic tensions.
这次,邻国政府必须同样付出更多努力来抑制教派及种族间的紧张态势.
Hostile power consumption and malicious competition will dampen strength and bring unimaginable loss.
强强敌对恶意竞争只会消耗实力.
Excess capacity could dampen business investment, and so will banks'continued reluctance to lend.
产能过剩可能抑制商业投资, 也会使银行的贷款热情持续低潮.
Substances that inhibit the capsaicin receptors should therefore dampen inflammatory pain.
因此,能够抑制辣椒素受体的物质,应该就可以减轻由发炎引起的疼痛.
It would not be right to dampen their spirits.
向广大干部和积极分子泼冷水是不对的.