0 a small hollow mark in the surface of something, caused by pressure or by being hit:
1 to make a small hollow mark in the surface of something:
I dropped a hammer on the floor, and it dented the floorboard.
His confidence was badly dented when he didn't get the job.
2 a small, hollow mark in the surface of something caused by pressure or being hit:
One can think of legioned examples where dislocation and huge upset would be caused for small businesses, denting their production and wealth-creating capacity.
The public image has been dented by the environmental crisis of the past 20 years.
The barrier crashed on to the roof of a car, denting and scratching it.
The right to silence and the admissibility of evidence are dented.
The reality of discretionary spend would still hold, even if the principle were to be dented by accepting the new clause.
As a result of past actions, trust has been dented.
Pride is dented and old attitudes have to be set aside.
Study of the graph of acci- dents since the records were commenced in the 1920s shows that we can.
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(物體表面上的)坑,凹陷, 使產生凹痕,使凹陷, 打擊,損傷(信心或自豪感)…
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