sapped

英 [sæpt]

美 [sæpt]

v.  使虚弱; 削弱; 逐渐破坏
sap的过去分词和过去式

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

• That has sapped confidence in his judgment.
  这损害了人们对他判断能力的信任。
• Your strength is being sapped by someone or something.
  你的能力正在被某人或者某事一点点的侵蚀。
• The war in Iraq and Afghanistan has sapped voters 'appetite for foreign adventures.
  伊拉克和阿富汗进行的战争，削弱了选民对海外冒险的兴趣。
• Political weakness seems to have sapped economic strength.
  政治软弱似乎削弱了经济实力。
• One gets the feeling that it is a strange echo of the real language, sapped of any vitality.
  人们对这种真实的语言有一种奇怪的感觉，活力不再。
• I was sapped by months of hospital treatment.
  我住院治疗几个月，大伤元气。
• However, this could prolong the uncertainty that has sapped market confidence.
  但这会延长已经打压了市场信心的政坛不稳定期。
• The crash in the stock market has also sapped consumer confidence.
  股市的暴跌也打击了消费者信心。
• 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。
• The growing bank failures have sapped billions of dollars out of the deposit insurance fund.
  日益增长的银行倒闭已消耗了数亿万美元存款保险基金。