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

• 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。
• A military engineer who does sapping ( digging trenches or undermining fortifications).
  挖掘（挖堑壕或破坏工事）的工兵。
• They say these workers, mostly in their20s and early30s, are sapping Japan's international competitiveness at a time when the aging country must raise its productivity to keep the economy growing.
  他们说，这些多为二十多岁或三十岁出头的员工削弱了日本的国际竞争力，而此时这个老龄化国家所需的是提高生产力以保持经济增长。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• What's worse, the animalistic instinct dormant deep in our subconsciousness will come to life, weakening our will to pursue our noble ideal, sapping our determination to sweep away obstacles to our success and strangling our desire for the refinement of our character.
  更糟的是，蛰伏在我们潜意识深处的兽性本能就会复活，削弱我们追求高贵理想的意志，弱化我们扫除成功障碍的决心，而且扼杀我们净化人格的欲望。
• 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。
• 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。