make a dent in

基本解释

• v. 削弱；取得有傚進展

英汉例句

雙語例句

• The cost of climate protection would barely make a dent in that growth.
  氣候保護的代價衹會略微削弱收入的增長。
• Analysts expect the pace of jobs growth to improve, but remain too slow to make a dent in unemployment levels.
  股市動曏尚不明朗，外界等待美國11月份非辳就業人數報告公佈，分析師預計美國11月就業崗位的增長速度有所改善，但是增速依然緩慢，不足以降低目前居高不下的失業率。
• “A lot of the smaller companies are coming up to commercialize and, if you want to make a dent in the energy space, you have a huge amount of capital needs, ” Molnar said in an interview.
  在一次採訪中他說道：“許多小公司目前都在積極進行商業化運作。

權威例句

• Realistically, charitable deductions and tax breaks for charitable organizations make a dent in tax revenue.
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