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单词 to make a dent in
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to make (also put) a dent in
b. figurative. A more or less significant impression made upon some situation or state of affairs, esp. by gradual, continued effort; a (detrimental) reducing effect or reduction. Frequently in to make (also put) a dent in. colloquial.
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the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)]
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takec1300
concern1446
redound1460
work1487
touch1491
solicit1601
salutea1616
enact1616
affect1630
reach1637
attinge1640
act1655
influence1661
irradiate1668
vibrate1845
involve1847
inwork1855
to cut ice (with someone)1894
dent1931
impact1935
to make (also put) a dent in1942
the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] > impression made upon a situation or affair
dent1942
the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > other types of effect
co-effect1768
ricochet1773
surface effect1837
emergent1874
dent1942
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > declining or falling off > a detrimental reducing effect
dent1985
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > cause detrimental reduction in
to make (also put) a dent in1986
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §243/6 Dent, nick, make a dent or nick in, to make a showing or impression, make some progress.
1949 Reader's Digest Mar. 61/1 General Omar Bradley..was unable to make a dent in the imperturbable bureaucracy of other divisions.
1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 10 June (1970) 286 We can work on domestic problems and make a dent—a rather wonderful dent—but the great world is more complex.
1985 Times 11 July 15/2 There is going to be a dent in our profits. But they will by no means be wiped out.
1986 N.Y. Post 9 July 56/4 It took the Statue of Liberty party to put a dent in the New York Bight bluefishing.
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