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sapped

英 [sæpt]

美 [sæpt]

v.  使虚弱; 削弱; 逐渐破坏
sap的过去分词和过去式

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

  • The Gulf War has cost Iraq dearly.; Iraq has been drained of its strength by the Gulf War.; The Gulf War has sapped Iraqi vitality badly.
    海湾战争使伊拉克大伤元气。
  • However, this could prolong the uncertainty that has sapped market confidence.
    但这会延长已经打压了市场信心的政坛不稳定期。
  • The foundations have been sapped away by termites.
    我们的地基被白蚁给挖空掉了。
  • THE dismal labour market has not sapped the government's ardour for welfare reform, nor that of voters.
    惨淡的就业市场没有浇灭政府和选举人对福利改革的热情。
  • Our strength is sapped by having to mop up the mess that violence leaves in its wake.
    我们的力气逐渐消耗在清扫暴力在这条路上留下的大量问题。
  • It's like having the energy sapped out of a muscle without the health benefits of exercise.
    这就如同没有经过对健康有益的锻炼,就把肌肉中的能量消耗掉一样。
  • But a policy paralysis in New Delhi has sapped investor confidence.
    但是新德里的政策瘫痪削弱了投资者信心。
  • Growing anxiety about public finances in Europe has sapped confidence in banks which are big holders of government bonds.
    对欧洲公共财政问题日益增加的忧虑之情不断在耗尽那些持有大量政府债券的银行的信心。
  • Had not my new tensions sapped my already limited energy, I might still carry my studies successfully.
    如果我这新产生的紧张情绪没有耗尽我那早已有限的精力的话,我就仍能搞好学习。
  • One gets the feeling that it is a strange echo of the real language, sapped of any vitality.
    人们对这种真实的语言有一种奇怪的感觉,活力不再。