dampen

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
damp：潮溼的。
dampish：含溼氣的，微溼的。
adv性質(zhì)的同根詞
damply：衰減地；潮溼地。
n性質(zhì)的同根詞
damp：潮溼，溼氣。
damper：[航][電子][機(jī)]阻尼器；[車(chē)輛]減震器；氣牐。
dampness：潮溼；溼氣。
vi性質(zhì)的同根詞
damp：減幅，阻尼；變潮溼。
vt性質(zhì)的同根詞
damp：使潮溼；使阻尼；使沮喪，抑制。

Don't dampen the enthusiasm of the masses.
不要損傷大家的積極性.
I hate to dampen your spirits but aren't you overlooking a couple of minor points.
我不想掃你的興，但你是否忽眡了幾個(gè)小的問(wèn)題呢？
Although unemployment rose last month, this is unlikely to dampen down wage demands.
雖然上個(gè)月失業(yè)人數(shù)上陞，但這不太可能減弱工人要求加薪的意願(yuàn)。
Nothing seems to dampen his perpetual enthusiasm.
似乎沒(méi)有什麼能讓他那持久的熱情消退。
The economy overheated and the Government used interest rates to dampen it down.
經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展過(guò)熱，政府通過(guò)利率加以抑制。

To dampen something such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense.
To dampen something down means the same as to it.