If the bill makes its way through Washington, DC, after years of deliberation and lobbying, that could further dent Blackstone's profits and share price.
如果该议案经过数年的审议和游说之后在华盛顿获得通过的话，那有可能进一步削弱黑石集团的利润和股价。
The tuition fee does not seem to be the explanation of the problem: previous hikes in tuition fees did not dent demand from rich or poor.
学费似乎并不是这一问题的解释：早先的学费增长并没有削减无论贫穷或富裕家庭的需求。
I was convinced there was a dent in the hood which hadn't been there before.
我确信车盖上有一个以前没有的凹痕。
That could dent margins and compromise the sense of freedom its managers so obviously enjoy today.
那可能会降低利润，并危及其经理人目前明显享有的自由感。
"I'm sorry about the dent," he explained what had happened.
“我对这个凹痕感到抱歉。”他解释了发生的事情。
Grandpa laughed, "Every dent and scratch can tell a story, and although you stick with it, someday you'll have your own."
爷爷笑着说：“每一个凹痕和划痕都可以讲述一个故事，虽然你坚持了下来，但总有一天你会拥有自己的故事。”
But cost does not seem to be the explanation: previous hikes in tuition fees did not dent demand from rich or poor.
但是学费似乎并不是这一问题的解释：早先的学费增长并没有削弱无论贫穷或富裕家庭的需求。
Yet making a substantial dent in the deficit will be difficult.
然而，使贸易逆差获得实质性的削弱将会困难重重。
True, negative chatter about copyright violations continues but has done little to dent business growth or investor appetite.
的确，有关百度侵犯版权的负面言论持续不断，但这并没有削弱公司的业务增长或投资者的胃口。
When aluminum is hit, you can see a dent. Composites, though, spring back to the original shape, which could hide internal damage.
但是也有一个很大的缺点：当铝被撞击时，你会看到一个凹陷，但是复合材料看似能够变回原来的外表，内部却已经受损。
Such tensions are unlikely seriously to dent the institutional protections built around central Banks in recent decades.
这种紧张状态不可能严重削弱近几十年来在央行周围构筑的制度性保障。
Then put your two thumbs on opposite sides of the dent, and gently pull apart the shells.
之后，将两根拇指放进凹陷两边，轻轻地剥开蛋壳。
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。
To break open the eggs tap them gently on the counter until there's a small dent in the shell.
在台上轻敲鸡蛋，直至在蛋壳上出现出现小凹陷。
That may dent their expected profits for 2011 but will not eat into capital.
这将使得他们在2011年的收益缩水，但不会侵蚀他们的资本。
Using a hammer, she put a big dent in it. It caused the statue to crack.
她拿起锤子砸下去，雕像被砸了一个大缺口，这就导致了雕像的破裂。
"Hurricane Ike threw us a hard punch, but it did not dent our spirit," he said.
他说：“飓风艾克给了我们重重的一击，但是没有能够挫伤我们的精神！”
A slowdown in emerging economies, on the other hand, would dent prices by much more.
另一方面，新兴经济体一旦减速，那么对价格的拖累作用也会更大。
That would dent demand for oil, both from America itself and from countries that supply it with imports, such as China.
那样将会降低对石油的需求，无论是美国自身还是如中国依赖进口的国家。
In its absence diners focus on the visual cue of whether they are making any dent on the food on their plate to assess goal progress.
进食者将注意力放在了能够直观看到的盘子里已经吃掉了的食物的暗示，这是他们估计满足饥饿进展的线索。
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。
He tried to show her with his hands. "The Chevvy, though, didn't have a dent."
他试图用手比划给她看。“那辆雪韦却连一个小坑也没有。”
I think we've made a dent in the problem, and it may point to success in treating depression and anxiety on campus.
我们已经取得了初步的进展，这也可能为治疗大学生抑郁和焦虑指明了方向。
Such a scheme could put a noticeable dent in British carbon emissions, but greens concerned about the local environment are unhappy.
该项目可大大降低英国二氧化碳的排放量，但关心当地环境的绿色和平主义者对此并不以为然。
After failing English exams, Chen's first five doctorate stu-dent candidates failed to obtain their degrees. In art.
由于英语未达标，陈丹青第一批五个博士研究生未能拿到他们的艺术学学位。
The spike in demand is working in the cartel's favour, as stronger consumption starts slowly to dent the world's bulging oil inventories.
需求飙升有利于欧佩克，因为更为强劲的消费开始慢慢消减全球日益膨胀的石油库存。
Attempts to shift the oil by road and rail have made only a small dent in rising inventories.
至于尝试通过公路和铁路来进行石油运输，对于正不断增加的石油库存来说也只是杯水车薪。
Attempts to shift the oil by road and rail have made only a small dent in rising inventories.
至于尝试通过公路和铁路来进行石油运输，对于正不断增加的石油库存来说也只是杯水车薪。
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