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

  1. VERB 消耗(精力);削弱(信心)
    If something saps your 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。
  2. N-UNCOUNT (植物的)液，汁
    Sap is 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。
  3. N-COUNT 笨蛋;傻瓜
    If you describe someone as a sap, you think they are foolish.
    1. ...her poor sap of a husband.
      她可怜的傻瓜丈夫
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双语例句

  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。
  3. The Gulf War has cost Iraq dearly.; Iraq has been drained of its strength by the Gulf War.; The Gulf War has sapped Iraqi vitality badly.
    海湾战争使伊拉克大伤元气。
  4. It's like having the energy sapped out of a muscle without the health benefits of exercise.
    这就如同没有经过对健康有益的锻炼，就把肌肉中的能量消耗掉一样。
  5. 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。
  6. The foundations have been sapped away by termites.
    我们的地基被白蚁给挖空掉了。
  7. Looking after her dying mother sapped all her energy.
    照顾垂死的母亲耗尽了她的全部精力。
  8. But a policy paralysis in New Delhi has sapped investor confidence.
    但是新德里的政策瘫痪削弱了投资者信心。
  9. Our strength is sapped by having to mop up the mess that violence leaves in its wake.
    我们的力气逐渐消耗在清扫暴力在这条路上留下的大量问题。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. 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。
  13. The whole incident seems to have sapped mum's strength.
    整件事情好像已经让妈妈精疲力竭了。
  14. 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。
  15. Had not my new tensions sapped my already limited energy, I might still carry my studies successfully.
    如果我这新产生的紧张情绪没有耗尽我那早已有限的精力的话，我就仍能搞好学习。
  16. 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。
  17. Her long illness gradually sapped her strength.
    她长期有病，身体慢慢地垮了。
  18. She's been sapped of her optimism.
    她的乐观情绪已逐渐消失了。
  19. Political weakness seems to have sapped economic strength.
    政治软弱似乎削弱了经济实力。
  20. Drugs had sapped his ability to think.
    药物已经影响到他思维的能力。
  21. The president's apparent inability to get healthcare reform passed sapped his credibility, not just in America but around the world.
    奥巴马貌似没有能力让医改方案通过的形象，损害了他在全球（而非仅在美国）的可信度。
  22. Growing anxiety about public finances in Europe has sapped confidence in banks which are big holders of government bonds.
    对欧洲公共财政问题日益增加的忧虑之情不断在耗尽那些持有大量政府债券的银行的信心。
  23. Much of the pain this year will continue to be felt in the US, where slumps in the housing and credit markets sapped consumer demand for vehicles.
    今年，美国将继续感受大部分痛苦，美国住房及信贷市场的低迷侵蚀了消费者对汽车的需求。
  24. I was sapped by months of hospital treatment.
    我住院治疗几个月，大伤元气。
  25. The sight of those tears on his face sapped her will-power.
    看到他脸上的泪水，使她丧失了意志力。
  26. The long walk sapped the old lady's strength.
    长途跋涉耗尽了老太太的体力。
  27. The intense heat sapped her strength.
    酷暑消耗了她的体力。
  28. The passing of the immediate crisis has sapped the will to act.
    眼前危机的解除已削弱了行动的意愿。
  29. That has sapped confidence in his judgment.
    这损害了人们对他判断能力的信任。
  30. THE dismal labour market has not sapped the government's ardour for welfare reform, nor that of voters.
    惨淡的就业市场没有浇灭政府和选举人对福利改革的热情。
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