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

• Either you are overloading the server, or there is a runaway process that is sapping your system resources.
  要么是服务器超负荷运行，要么是失控进程耗尽了系统资源。
• 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。
• The fifty shades of gray hovering above China's cities could be sapping the country's men of their virility.
  盘旋在中国城市上空的五十度灰有可能伤及该国男性的男子气概。
• More generally, falling property prices are one of the factors sapping consumer confidence.
  更广泛地说，房价不断下跌是打击消费者信心的因素之一。
• This hot weather is very sapping& it makes me feel tired all the time.
  这热天真使人筋疲力尽&使我老觉得疲乏。
• 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。
• 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。
• The study is of much significance to engineering problems such as piping, sapping, and heat conduction.
  对于管涌、流土、热传导等工程问题具有一定的意义。
• Since teaching is an art, it requires for highly innovative thinking and is not only a heavy and complicated working that includes considerable repetitive laboring, but also time-consuming and energy sapping.
  教学是一门艺术，它需要高度的创造性；但同时也是一项十分繁复的工作，特别是其中包含着大量的重复性劳动，需要教师花费较多的时间和精力。
• 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。