dampen enthusiasm

泼冷水:指使人的热情或兴致受到挫折或打击。

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词性释义

泼冷水:指使人的热情或兴致受到挫折或打击。
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1·That, plus the economic downturn, may dampen enthusiasm for the "Bilbao effect" in some places.
再遇上经济不景气,更可能会挫伤某些地区“毕尔巴鄂效应”的热情。
2·The Audi Quattro Concept is another Paris Auto show veteran, but that did little to dampen enthusiasm for this muscular show car.
奥迪卡特罗同样参加了巴黎的车展,但这仍抵挡不了发烧迷对这辆肌肉车的热情。
3·None of the setbacks could dampen his enthusiasm for the project.
任何挫折都不能减弱他对这个项目的热情。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·Nothing seems to dampen his perpetual enthusiasm.
似乎没有什么能减弱他持久的热情。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·It may dampen the enthusiasm of scientists for independent research.
这可能会降低科学家从事独立研究的热情。
6·And that in turn could dampen the market's enthusiasm for the other highly-valued web stocks that want a piece of the hot IPO market.
而且,这可能进而打击投资者对其他希望参与火爆IPO市场的高估值网络公司的热情。
7·Yet that is unlikely to dampen investors' enthusiasm for a Zynga IPO, which could take place before the end of the year.
不过这不太可能降低投资者对Zynga公司IPO的热情。此次IPO可能会在今年年底之前进行。
8·I don't like to dampen her enthusiasm, but the chances are she will deliver at 20 weeks.
我也不想打击她的热情,但是关键是她可能会第20周分娩。
9·The lack of a good explanation for dark energy hasn't seemed to dampen scientists' enthusiasm for it.
缺乏对暗能量的完善解释似乎并未浇熄科学家的热情。
10·She would dampen the CDU's enthusiasm for expanding police powers.
对于十分有热情扩大警力的基民盟来说,她可能是迎面泼来的一盆冷水。