But the joy that old Tong Bao and his family had been feeling was dampened

但是老通宝他们满心的欢喜却被这件事打消了。

Ink applied selectively to the chemically treated image areas after the non-image areas were dampened with water.

非印纹部份用水湿润后，油墨施加于经化学处理的印纹上。

The bad news dampened their enthusiasm.

坏消息使他们的热忱大减。

Morale should be boosted, not dampened .

气可鼓而不可泄.

Morale should be boosted, not dampened

气可鼓而不可泄。

The people didn’t have enough to eat, and their enthusiasm was greatly dampened .

人民群众吃不饱饭，积极性受到严重挫伤。

Watching him scratch his sweat-dampened head and twist his flushed ears, Jou-chia then asked, "What’re you looking for?

柔嘉瞧他搔汗湿的头发，摸涨红的耳朵，便问:“找什么?

Miss Su’s parting manner dampened Fang Hung-chien’s high spirits

苏小姐临别时的态度，冷缩了方鸿渐的高兴。

While the language on both sides this week has the ring of a showdown,the sense of drama is dampened by the"orderly withdrawal"required by law for any insurer wishing to leave the state.

虽然本周双方的言词都意味着可能摊牌，但是按照法律，任何保险公司打算离开该州，必须“有条不紊地撤离”(遵守有关法令)，紧张气氛因而降低。

He smoothed her tear-dampened hair away from her face.

他抚开她脸上被泪水浸湿的头发。

To clean the unit, wipe with a cloth dampened with a mild detergent or water, then wipe clean with a dry cloth.

要清洁时,用沾上中性洗剂或水的布轻擦,然后用干布擦净。

The camp supplies dampened during the long rainy season.

营地补给品在漫长的雨季里变潮湿了.

The rain dampened the ground.

雨打湿了地面

The bad news dampened our spirits.

这恶耗使得我们精神沮丧。

||1: Start with the banks. A fall in trading revenues makes the economics of providing research less attractive. ||2: Between 2009 and 2013, total equity-trading commissions paid to brokers fell from $13.9 billion to $9.3 billion in America, and from euros 4.2 billion ($5.6 billion) to euros 3 billion in Europe, according to Greenwich Associates, a consultancy. ||3: The rise of passive investing and the spread of algorithmic trading have both reduced margins and dampened demand for research produced by and for humans.

||1:交易收入的下降使得经济学研究逐渐丧失吸引力。这从银行开始。||2: 根据咨询机构Greenwich Associates的数据，在2009年到2013年之间，在美国总股本交易中支付给经纪人的佣金从139亿美元跌到了93亿美元，欧洲则从42亿欧元跌到了30亿欧元。 ||3:被动投资的兴起以及算法交易的扩张都使得研究资料的利润率下降，需求也有所放缓。

||1: In recent years the run-up in German automotive and engineering firms’ shares has been driven by booming emerging-market sales. ||2: Now, China’s market is cooling, and the prospects for sales in Russia have been dampened by its confrontation with the West over Ukraine. ||3: However, markets closer to home are coming to the rescue: car sales in Europe have increased for eight months in a row. ||4: Volkswagen, which sold 4.4% more cars in the first five months of 2014 than in the same period last year, says western Europe is now only second to the Asia-Pacific region in sales growth, a big change from recent years.

||1:最近几年，拜新兴市场蓬勃发展的销售所赐，德国汽车和工程公司的股票大幅增长。||2:现在，中国市场正在降温，而俄罗斯和西方在乌克兰问题上的对抗使得该国的销售前景黯淡无光。||3:不过，窝边草成了救命草：连续八个月，欧洲汽车销售量节节攀升。||4:大众汽车在头五个月的销售量比去年同期增长了4.4%。它表示，西欧市场的销售增长目前仅次于亚太地区，这同前几年相比可是大大不同了。

Dampened glucocorticoid-receptor-gene activity has been shown to increase the risk of obesity, of depression and of some autoimmune diseases. It also makes people more impulsive and aggressive—and therefore,

事实证明，糖皮质激素受体基因不够活跃会增加孩子患肥胖症，抑郁症以及某些免疫系统疾病的风险，也会让他们成年后个性更加冲动，更加富有侵略性。

Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, again dampened expectations of an interest-rate rise this year when he told a committee in Parliament that, on the contrary, he wasn’t ruling out cutting the bank’s benchmark rate to zero if the British economy worsened.

英格兰银行行长马克·卡尼（Mark Carney）向英国议会委员会透露，如果英国经济恶化，他非但不会加息反而还会考虑将基准利率下调至零。这一番话再一次降低了今年英镑升息的预期。

It’s a sign that Uber’s intentions to play a leading role in the nascent industry have not been dampened by the new management and investors who now control the company.

这表明优步的意图并没有受到掌控该公司的新管理层和投资人的影响，也就是它想要在这个新兴行业中扮演领导者角色。

Rain dampened most of the fires raging throughout Bolivia in early September 2010, but the fire disaster was not entirely over.

2010年9月初的强降雨浇灭了大部分蔓延至玻利维亚的森林大火，但是这场火灾还没有完全结束。

Reports said the flooding may have prevented some party delegates reaching Pyongyang or had simply dampened the festive mood.

报导称，洪水可能使部分党代表无法抵达平壤，或只是破坏了与会者情绪。

The utility model relates to a saw blade, in particular to a sound-dampened saw blade formed by cold pressing and hot sintering.

本实用新型涉及一种锯片，具体的说是一种冷压热烧结消音锯片。

But the rollout was dampened by bad weather. They had to be recalled for the day.

不过无人机在亮相之前遭遇了坏天气，只得撤回。

Tax-free holidays in nearly 20 states also helped, but the unrelenting hot weather dampened shoppers’ appetite for fall clothing.

大约20个州实行免税日，也促进了消费，不过炎炎夏日迟迟不肯离去，使得购物者没啥欲望购买秋装。

More federal aid to states might have dampened the reductions, easing the drag on national growth.

对各州进行更多的联邦补助可能抑制了预算消减，缓解了对经济增长的拖累。

The interference from the government dampened the enthusiasm of the local gentry.

而官方的过多干预，却挫伤了地方士绅的积极性。

The authors go on to look at two channels through which regulation may have dampened productivity growth.

该文作者继而还发现管制对生产率增长的抑制可能有两个途径。

Back then, only rationing kept the lights on, and the after-effects dampened demand for some years.

回到当年，只采取轮流限电措施维持灯光照明，而后续效应降低了之后几年的电力需求。

Animal spirits, once dampened , are hard to reignite; "fear of fear itself" dominates greed.

活力一旦熄灭就很难重归兴旺。“对恐惧本身的恐惧”战胜了欲望。

Bad weather early in the year dampened consumer activity and residential investment.

今年年初的恶劣天气抑制了人们的消费活动以及在住房上的投资。