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

• 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。
• 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。
• He maintained they are vile mystical creatures from another realm who can only sustain their existence in our world by sapping life energy from men or animals.
  他说这些卑劣的神秘生物来自于一个通过吸取人类或者动物能量来维持生命的物种。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• More generally, falling property prices are one of the factors sapping consumer confidence.
  更广泛地说，房价不断下跌是打击消费者信心的因素之一。
• Try letting go of the situation you cannot control, the one that's sapping your energy and churning your sleep.
  让消耗你的精力，扰乱你的睡眠而你又不能控制的局面顺其自然吧。