sapping

英 [ˈsæpɪŋ]

美 [ˈsæpɪŋ]

v.  使虚弱; 削弱; 逐渐破坏
sap的现在分词

现在分词：sapping　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 消耗(精力);削弱(信心)
  If somethingsapsyour strength or confidence, it gradually weakens or destroys it.
  1. I was afraid the sickness had sapped my strength...
     我担心患病已让我元气大伤。
  2. Analysts say the recession in Japan has sapped investor confidence.
     分析家称日本的经济衰退已经打击了投资者的信心。
• N-UNCOUNT (植物的)液，汁
  Sapis the watery liquid in plants and trees.
  1. The leaves, bark and sap are also common ingredients of local herbal remedies.
     树叶、树皮和树汁也是当地草药的常用药材。
• N-COUNT 笨蛋;傻瓜
  If you describe someone as asap, you think they are foolish.
  1. ...her poor sap of a husband.
     她可怜的傻瓜丈夫

双语例句

• Less measurable, but no less profound, is a sapping of confidence across our land; a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, that the next generation must lower its sights.
  不到衡量，但不深刻，是一个削弱信心通过我们的土地，一个恼人的担心，美国的衰落是不可避免的，下一代必须降低其景点。
• She would walk in futile circles, sapping her strength while going nowhere.
  她经常会使尽全身的力量在原地里做无谓的转圈动作。
• That was aimed at reducing the loss of manufacturing jobs to Asia, which is hollowing out Japan's industrial base and sapping tax revenues.
  这个地区旨在减少亚洲制造业工作岗位的损失，制造业工作的减少正挖空日本工业基础并削弱其税收。
• Tighter credit conditions are sapping already feeble demand.
  紧缩的信贷让本就无力的需求更加乏力。
• Groundwater sapping is the geomorphic reworking of surface topography induced by water seeping out from an aquifer.
  地下水出流侵蚀是由含水层中的地下水的涌出所造成的地貌变化。
• The deficits this country must reconcile are much more than financial, and our inability to solve our own problems is sapping our national spirit.
  国家必须协调的赤字不仅仅是资金问题，此外我们无力解决自身的诸多问题，这正在使国家丧失元气。
• Since teaching is an art, it requires for highly innovative thinking and is not only a heavy and complicated working that includes considerable repetitive laboring, but also time-consuming and energy sapping.
  教学是一门艺术，它需要高度的创造性；但同时也是一项十分繁复的工作，特别是其中包含着大量的重复性劳动，需要教师花费较多的时间和精力。
• Water sprays dehydrate your skin by sapping it of any existing moisture so she advises using one with refreshing, hydrating additives such as aloe vera, mint or lavender.
  水喷雾会带走已有的水分，从而让你的皮肤干燥。因此，她建议使用添加了芦荟、薄荷或薰衣草等提神、湿润成分的喷雾。
• Retail therapy does work, but being happy can end up sapping our self-control in the face of tempting sales.
  零售也是个好办法，开心的感觉能让我们在面对折扣的诱惑时失去自我控制。
• Mr saito's warning comes amid growing concern that poor corporate governance, which has led to the adoption of excessive takeover defence measures and stymied mergers and acquisition activity, is sapping the competitiveness of Japanese companies and the vitality of the economy.
  齐藤发出上述警告之际，人们越来越担忧不良的公司治理正在侵蚀日本公司的竞争力和日本经济的活力，这种不良治理已导致过分的收购防御措施，阻扰了并购活动。