make a dent
基本解释
- 产生印象；引起注意
英汉例句
- So far, none have managed to make a dent in the search market.
到现在为止还没有一个在搜索市场上有所表现。 - 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。 - Why has all the foreign aid of the past half century failed to make a dent?
FORBES: Wealth and Poverty - Realistically, charitable deductions and tax breaks for charitable organizations make a dent in tax revenue.
FORBES: WWJD*? Pulpit Freedom Sunday Likely to Bring Slams Against Obama, Romney - Mr Koizumi will hardly be able to make a dent on these while in office.
ECONOMIST: Japan's economy