make a dent in

基本解释

• v. 削弱；取得有效进展

英汉例句

双语例句

• The cost of climate protection would barely make a dent in that growth.
  气候保护的代价只会略微削弱收入的增长。
• Analysts expect the pace of jobs growth to improve, but remain too slow to make a dent in unemployment levels.
  股市动向尚不明朗，外界等待美国11月份非农就业人数报告公布，分析师预计美国11月就业岗位的增长速度有所改善，但是增速依然缓慢，不足以降低目前居高不下的失业率。
• “A lot of the smaller companies are coming up to commercialize and, if you want to make a dent in the energy space, you have a huge amount of capital needs, ” Molnar said in an interview.
  在一次采访中他说道：“许多小公司目前都在积极进行商业化运作。

权威例句

• Realistically, charitable deductions and tax breaks for charitable organizations make a dent in tax revenue.
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