sapping
v. 逐漸削弱(某人[某事物]的力量、活力等)( sap的現在分詞 ); 逐漸消耗(某人的力量、活力等); 近迫作業; 下切
If something saps your strength or confidence, it gradually weakens or destroys it.
I was afraid the sickness had sapped my strength...
我擔心患病已讓我元氣大傷。
Analysts say the recession in Japan has sapped investor confidence.
分析家稱日本的經濟衰退已經打擊了投資者的信心。
Sap is the watery liquid in plants and trees.
The leaves, bark and sap are also common ingredients of local herbal remedies.
樹葉、樹皮和樹汁也是當地草藥的常用藥材。
If you describe someone as a sap, you think they are foolish.
...her poor sap of a husband.
她可憐的傻瓜丈夫
Tighter credit conditions are sapping already feeble demand.
緊縮的信貸讓本就無力的需求更加乏力.
Stop sapping her confidence!
別動搖她的信心!
The 1930 s brought bull markets followed by bears, taking back gains and sapping investor confidence.
三十年代先是經歷了牛市,接著出現了熊市, 將此前的收益一掃而光,讓投資者信心頓失.
In sumptuous first - class cabins, humidity can plunge to 5 %, sapping the bouquet from champagne and caviar.
而在豪華的頭等艙內, 溼度會陡降至5%, 破壞了香檳和魚子醬的美味.