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make a dent

/dent/US // dɛnt //UK // (dɛnt) //

做出成绩,做出贡献,做出成绩来,做出成绩的

Related Words

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
    • : a noticeable effect, especially of reduction: to leave a dent in one's savings; a dent in one's pride.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make a dent in or on; indent: The impact dented the car's fender.
    • : to have the effect of reducing or slightly injuring: The caustic remark dented his ego.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to show dents; become indented: Tin dents more easily than steel.
    • : to sink in, making a dent: Nails dent into metal.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insolve
Synonyms
clarify澄清,厘清,阐明,澄明clear up清理完毕,清理干净,清理,清除deal with处理,处理问题,处理的问题,对付decide决定,决,定,做出决定determine确定,决定,判断,决定了do做,做到,做什么,做事explain解释,说明,解释一下,解说figure out想出,算出,弄明白,计算出fix修复,固定,修理,修整have有,拥有,具有,已iron out熨平了,熨平,烫平了,烫平settle解决,结算,解决问题,安家落户work out锻炼身体,锻炼,工作,编制break突破,休息,断裂,断construe解释,解释为,解释一下,理解crack裂缝,缝隙,裂纹,裂痕decipher解读,破解,破译,解解读decode解读,破解,破译,译码disentangle解开,脱离,解脱,解除divine神圣的,神奇的,神圣,神奇elucidate阐释,阐发,阐释一下,阐明enlighten启迪,启示,启蒙,启蒙教育expound阐释,阐述,阐发,阐明fathom捉摸不透,捉捉摸摸,摸索,捉摸get得到,获得,拿到,得hit撞击,冲击,撞击声,敲击illuminate发光,发明,照亮,发亮interpret解释,解读,翻译,诠释lick舔,舔舔,舔舐,舐puzzle谜题,难题,拼图,谜团reason原因,理由,原因是,缘由unfold展开,展现,摊开,展现了unlock解锁,开锁,解开,松开unravel解开,瓦解,破解,解读untangle不纠缠,不纠结,解除纠缠,疏通work工作,工,作业,劳动find out查出,找出,查清,发现get right搞定,搞好,搞掂,正确get to the bottom追根究底,摸清底细,彻查,归根到底hit upon中意,中了,碰上了,触及到make out辨认,辨别,辨识,辨别是非pan out平铺直叙,盘点,泛出,平移put two and two together凑合着说,凑合着说吧,凑合着用,凑合着看think out想出,想出办法,想出来的,想出了unriddle解谜,谜题,谜语,解谜语
Antonyms
complicate复杂化,复杂,复杂的,错综复杂confuse淆乱,混淆,迷惑,混乱defer延期,推迟,延迟,押后destroy毁灭,摧毁,销毁,毁坏hesitate犹豫不决,犹豫,迟疑不决,踌躇不决miss错过了,错过,怀念,错过的neglect忽视,忽略了,忽视了,忽略put off推迟,延缓,推迟了,推迟执行unsettle疏导,纠结,疏导情绪,纠缠agree同意,赞同,赞成,答应fail不合格,失败,不及格,不成功hide隐藏,隐藏起来,隐蔽lose失去,损失,丧失,失去了mend补,修补,缝补,补足misunderstand误解,误解了,弄错了,错解obscure模糊不清,不明显,不明显的,无名小卒tangle缠结,缠住,纠缠,缠绵twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了pose姿势,构成,姿态,构成的question问题,疑问,疑问句search搜索,搜寻,搜查,检索wonder惊叹,想知道,惊奇,奇观

Examples

  • Multiply this at the scale of Facebook’s billions of users and across all subject matters, and it’s easy to see why simply not “recommending” some groups barely makes a dent.

  • Many of those top-of-the-line homes on wheels can put a dent in your savings as large as a condo.

  • Yet, you want your brand to gain traction and make a dent, in spite of the dominant brands.

  • The vaccine has to be effective, and there needs to be enough of it to put a dent in transmission.

  • I won’t say it’s cured me of my insomnia completely, but it’s made enough of a dent to keep it around.

  • My desk still has the dent from where I hit my head against it when I heard that one.

  • That is bound to put a dent in public confidence in the police.

  • Even with mixed reviews, the film did little to dent Clooney's reputation.

  • Plane travel is extremely dehydrating, and continuously purchasing water at airport prices can put a dent in your wallet.

  • Emergency benefits have just expired for some 1.3 million jobless Americans, putting a huge dent in our economy.

  • I guess he can't make a dent on the Chinese disposition, or he'd have had Wong dead before this.

  • Please take the dent out of my side, Poly, for I am more crippled than was the Soldier.

  • The snow-covered Dent du Midi had a splendor like the face of the full moon when it is rising.

  • Then he would show the dent in his cheek, and pass his helmet round for all to see, as a conjurer does.

  • Mr. John Dent was born about the middle of the eighteenth century.

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