中文翻译与英英解释

n.
登特〔姓氏〕。
n.
1.凹，凹痕，压痕。
2.〔英方〕打，击。
3.削减。
4.进展。
短语和例子
make a dent 使注意；开始有进步[有进展](The doctor told him to stop smoking, but it didn't make a dent. 医生让他停止抽烟，但没有引起注意。 I haven't even made a dent in this job. 我这工作没有取得进展)。
vt.
1.敲凹，使凹下。
2.削减。
vi.
凹进。
n.
(齿轮等的)齿；【纺织；印染】竹筘齿格。

an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
同义词：ding, gouge, nick,

an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it made a dent in my bank account"

a depression scratched or carved into a surface
同义词：incision, scratch, prick, slit,

make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car"
同义词：indent,

例句与用法

I have n't even made a dent in this job ..
我这工作没有取得进展。

The stone made a dent in the roof of my car .
我的汽车顶让石头砸了个坑。

Recently it makes a sizable dent in this prediction .
这一预言最近有了很大进展。

There was a dent in the carpet where the lamp had stood .
地毯上放过落地灯的地方有个凹痕。

The doctor told him to stop smoking , but it did n't make a dent .
医生让他停止抽烟，但没有引起注意。

After many weeks of work, he had scarcely made a dent in the number of combinations that must be tested .
经过几个星期的工作后，对需要检试的组合数目他几乎还尚未开始进行。

From the exterior, many of the mobile homes showed some dents in walls or roofs and a certain amount of distortion .
从外部来看，许多活动住房的墙壁或房顶有凹痕和相当程度的扭曲。

I hate to put a dent in your hometown fantasy . .
我也不想打扰你的衣锦还乡的美梦

Can you hammer out the dent in the side of my car
你能敲平我车子侧边的凹痕吗？

And it put a big dent in our thorazine supply
这将造成我们氯丙嗪药剂供应的短缺