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

• 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。
• Rabid Bite: Trundle bites his opponent, dealing damage and sapping some of their attack damage.
  狂咬：川德尔撕咬他的敌人，造成伤害，并枯竭他们一部分攻击力。
• But investors fear the ECB has mistimed the moment to act and the region is slipping into a deflationary spiral, sapping growth and increasing debt burdens.
  但投资者担心欧洲央行没有把握好行动时机。目前该地区正滑向一个通缩漩涡，削弱增长势头，并增加债务负担。
• 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。
• 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。
• With business and consumer confidence already low and sapping economic growth, it is a bad moment for stop-start crises, particularly if drawn out over a long time.
  鉴于企业和消费者信心低迷和经济增长乏力，倘若目前危机时断时续，则局面难于应对，尤其是在危机久拖不决的情况下。
• It is said that while in Wu Xi Shi was all the time secretly carrying out Wen Zhong's scheme of sapping the national strength of Wu by every means.
  据说，西施在暗中实施文种的计谋，用各种方法来消耗吴国的国力。
• 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。
• A military engineer who does sapping ( digging trenches or undermining fortifications).
  挖掘（挖堑壕或破坏工事）的工兵。
• The flight of capital is sapping the deposits needed to refinance mortgages and small business loans, causing a full-blown credit crisis.
  资本外逃导致储蓄锐减，令按揭再融资和小企业贷款供应紧张，引发全面的信贷危机。