damp down

英 [dæmp daʊn]

美 [dæmp daʊn]

抑制，平息（强烈的感情、争吵或危机）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 抑制，平息（强烈的感情、争吵或危机)
  Todamp downsomething such as a strong emotion, an argument, or a crisis means to make it calmer or less intense.
  1. His hand moved to his mouth as he tried to damp down the panic...
     他用手捂住嘴巴，力图平息内心的恐慌。
  2. The entire spending boost could go on wage demands unless expectations are damped down.
     除非降低预期，否则整个支出增长计划可能会导致加薪要求。

双语例句

• His hand moved to his mouth as he tried to damp down the panic
  他用手捂住嘴巴，力图平息内心的恐慌。
• Economists are now debating whether Beijing will raise rates again this year to damp down inflation or desist from further tightening amid signs of a growth slowdown.
  经济学家们正在辩论的是：北京方面今年是否将再次加息以遏制通胀，或是在出现增长放缓迹象之际避免进一步收紧？
• We'll damp down the fire for the night.
  我们在晚上要炉火封起来。
• It's my son's duty to damp down the furnace every evening.
  每天晚上封炉子是我儿子的任务。
• But in many businesses, many batches of customers leave from company every day, which prevents enterprises to absorb new customer, and to damp down the morale of the employees, which will ultimately affect the profits of the enterprise.
  但在很多业务中，大量顾客流失，既妨碍企业吸收新顾客，也挫伤了员工的士气，最终影响企业的利润。
• That scab union was a tool used by the capitalists in their vain attempt to damp down the labour movement.
  那个黄色工会是资本家妄图用来扑灭工人运动的工具。
• The warm air is from the top down, making the damp clothes on the hanger dry rapidly from the top down.
  暖风从上往下，使衣架上的潮湿衣物从上至下迅速烘干；
• Don't forget to damp down the fire before going to bed.
  上床睡觉之前，别忘了封火。
• Use damp film to add wet technology, in cooperation with aeration technology and centrifuger fan down circulation ventilation technology, to aerate the wheat that is going to be carried outside the warehouse to adjust the moisture content.
  采用湿膜加湿技术，配合智能通风控制和离心风机下行式循环通风技术，对待出库的整仓小麦进行通风调质试验。
• A system of institutionalised consultation and planning could damp down future instability in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
  机构化的磋商和规划体系，可能减少前苏联国家的未来不稳定性。