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

• You'd better damp down the ground and then sweep it.
  你最好先在地上洒一层水，然后再打扫。
• If you don't use the fire now, you can damp it down.
  如果你现在不用火，你可以把火封上。
• Nothing could damp down my passion.
  任何事情都不能磨灭我的激情。
• The best way to lay the dust is to damp the floor down, and then rub it all over with a piece of cloth.
  不使尘土飞扬的最好方法就是把地板润湿一下，随后用布擦一遍。
• Price control can damp down a general rise in prices.
  价值控制可以压低价格的一般上涨。
• We'll damp down the fire for the night.
  我们在晚上要炉火封起来。
• You'd better damp ( down) the fire before leaving.
  你最好在离开以前用灰把火封上。
• Allowing faster renminbi appreciation would damp down imported food prices and reduce accumulation of foreign exchange reserves ( thereby reining in the domestic money supply).
  允许人民币更快升值将压低进口食品价格，并降低外汇储备的积累（从而控制国内货币供应）。
• The time-varying mass matrix, damp matrix and stiffness matrix of track spatial vibration were set up by using the principle of stationary total potential energy in elastic system dynamics, and the technology of track "added and cut down".
  运用弹性系统总势能不变值原理，采用轨道不断“增加和缩减”技术，建立直线轨道结构空间振动时变质量、阻尼和刚度矩阵。
• We may damp down the fire furnace for the night.
  我们可以把火炉子封上过夜。