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| 1. | To dampen my enthusiasm, my husband said jokingly: "Didn't I tell you that only foreign 'suakus' (country |
| 丈夫不忘泼冷水说：“早告诉你，只有你们这种外国‘山龟’才会到总统府、牛车水挤热闹，正宗新加坡人是不会来的。” |
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| 2. | dampen sb's spirits, enthusiasm, etc |
| 打击某人的情绪、 热情等. |
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| 3. | Such a state of affairs, if allowed to stay unchanged, would seriously dampen farmers' enthusiasm to |
| 如果不改变这种状况，就会严重挫伤农民积极性，动摇农业的基础地位，甚至危及国民经济全局。 |
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| 4. | long before a sandstorm buried their tents, forcing them to take to their heels, yet even this did not dampen |
| 没几天，一场空前的沙暴掩埋了他们的帐篷，他们仓惶而逃。 但这也没有使人们的盲目而狂热的血有所冷却。 |
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