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削弱；
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1. The lawyer's fees will make a dent in our finances.
律师费将耗去我们一部分资金。
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2. It's not nearly as bold as the plan I'd want in an ideal world. But if it actually became law, it would probably make a significant dent in unemployment.
虽然计划并未达到理想情况下我所希望达到的程度，但是如果真的成为法律，则有可能对失业问题产生显著的遏制作用。
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3. That is too low to make a significant dent in unemployment.
该增长率太低以至于不能对失业造成重大的消弱。
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4. 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。
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5. In other words, the dollar needs to fall by a lot more to make a significant dent in America's external deficit.
用其他的话来说，美元需要跌的更多才会对美国的外部赤字造成明显的缺口。
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6. It will have a lifespan of about 15 years, enough time to make a significant dent in our space debris problem.
太空舱的预期寿命约为15年，有足够的时间大大削减空间垃圾问题。
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7. Mr Manuel will understand that this is much more than a parochial bun-fight, which could make another small dent in confidence in South Africa's future.
他明白这根本不是和教区茶会差不多的东西，它只会让人们对南非未来的信心再打一些折扣。
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8. The stimulus must be large in order to make a substantial dent in unemployment.
刺激案一定要大到可以有效的减少失业。
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9. Reasonable estimates suggest that the Fed's new policy is unlikely to reduce interest rates enough to make more than a modest dent in unemployment.
合理的估计表明，美联储的新政策不太可能使利率有足够的降低，以缓和失业情况。
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10. If the particles do their bit, he thinks that a few dozen megawatts of additional electrical power is all that will be needed to make a dent in the amount of CO 2 .
如果那些微粒做好自己的角色，王博士认为几打兆瓦特的额外电能就足够使CO 2总量产生明显的减少。
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11. To make a real dent in unemployment would require a lot more money.
要确实的降低失业率还将需要更多资金。
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12. To make a serious dent in poverty, India needs to keep up economic growth of around 8% a year.
若想急速缓解贫困，印度必须维持每年8%的经济增长速率。
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13. Those are all good things to do, but they're unlikely to make much of a dent in what is obviously a significant shift in the pattern of global production and employment.
这些好事情都是要做的，但是在这个生产招聘全球化的模式下，他们可能起不到多大作用。
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14. A bigger concern could be that writing down underwater loans wouldn't make enough of a dent in the problem.
一个更大的担忧是写下水下贷款不会使问题减弱。
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15. The raids will not， by themselves， make too much of a dent in the activities of triad gangs.
扫荡行动本身不会对黑社会活动造成太大打击。
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16. All the criticism in the world, whether it's the faulty antenna or the alleged susceptibility of its glass construction, doesn't seem to make a dent in sales.
无论是天线还是玻璃结构的敏感性问题，一点都不影响销售。
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17. It notes the United States will grow by less than three percent, not enough to make much of a dent in unemployment rates.
联合国贸发会议说，美国的经济增长率将不到3%，根本不足以把失业率降低一点点。
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18. It also put something of a dent in the attempts by Vanoc, the organising committee for the 2010 Winter Olympics, to make its games greener than any that have come before.
2010年冬季奥运组织委员会Vanoc试图让这次比历届奥运都环保的目标，多少也受到了一些冲击。
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19. The muted moves came ahead of U.S. data on nonfarm payrolls for November. 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。
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20. The economy needs to grow by at least 7% per year to make a dent in high unemployment and poverty levels.
要降低较高的失业率和贫困率，该国的年增长率至少要达到5%。
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21. If the advertising agency loses the United Beer account, it will make a big dent in their profits.
如果这家广告代理公司失去啤酒协会这一客户，将会造成巨大的利润损失。
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22. Modest domestic capital flight coupled with an unwind in foreign borrowing can make a serious dent in foreign reserves, impart significant depreciation pressure, or both.
轻度的国内资本外逃加上清偿海外借债，可以严重减少外汇储备，或带来巨大的贬值压力，或两者兼而有之。
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23. But side effects are a problem, and it's unclear whether the findings will make a dent in an addiction that affects millions of Americans.
但是副作用是个问题，并且还不清楚这个发现是否会导致药物成瘾而影响数百万计的美国人。
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24. The creator hoped to make a dent in the universe but only sees his material land in the recycle bin of history.
创作者希望他们作品能在世间留下点痕迹，结果只能眼睁睁的看著他那一大片创作天地没入历史的回收桶里面。
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25. To make a serious dent in unemployment, however, Spain will need to be more ambitious.
然而，为了大力降低失业率，西班牙需要再加一把劲。
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26. We worked all day and still didn't make a dent in this paperwork.
我们工作了一整天，但这项文书作业仍没有进展。
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27. Aid accounts for less than 1 percent of the federal budget - and even deep cuts would not make a major dent in the deficit.
援助在联邦预算的比率不到1%，即使大力缩减也不会对消减赤字有太大影响。
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28. Aid accounts for less than 1 percent of the federal budget - and even deep cuts would not make a major dent in the deficit.
援助在联邦预算的比率不到1%，即使大力缩减也不会对消减赤字有太大影响。
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