受挫

happened by───发生于

dampened───使潮湿；抑制（dampen的过去式和过去分词）

dampener───n.令人扫兴的人；[航][电子][机]阻尼器（等于damper）

dropped by───顺便拜访

happen by───发生于

happened in───发生在（时间，地点等）

happened on───偶然遇到或发现

Perhaps the potential spectators’ enthusiasm was dampened by the many star athletes who pulled themselves out of competition, citing security concerns.───或许是因为那些潜在的观众的热情被很多运动员明星所掩盖了，那些明星不专注于比赛而是寻求更多的安保方面的关照。

The year’s early economic energy was dampened by a spell of nasty winter weather, which depressed consumer spending and January employment growth.───今年早期的经济活力被一段时间恶劣的冬季气候所抑制，恶劣气候抑制了消费性支出和一月份的就业率。

's not bad enough, demand is also weakening in an expanding number of cities as Banks tighten mortgage lending and sales are dampened by widespread expectations of price cuts.───的是，随着银行收紧抵押贷款，加之房价下跌的普遍预期打击了房屋销售，越来越多的城市出于需求萎缩的状态中。

He said the day was a "watershed mark" , though enthusiasm had been "dampened" by the floods.───他说这一天是一个“分水岭”（流域标志），虽然人们的激情已被洪水“打湿”。）

In the numerical examples, the order variability is dampened by introducing the smoothing parameters to the order-up-to policy.───在数据实例中，将增益系数引入定购点策略中，达到平滑定购量大小从而降低其波动性的目的。

Sports Illustrated - The Memphis Grizzlies 'big victory was dampened by an even bigger loss.───孟菲斯灰熊队的胜利因为更大的损失而失色。

Of course, if his daughter won, the joy of victory would also be dampened by the loss on the bet.───当然，如果女儿赢了球赛，那高兴的程度也会被赔掉的赌金冲淡些许。

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。

But the enthusiasm of most visitors is not dampened by the low possibility of finding a gem -quality diamond.───但是大多数游客的热情却不因找到宝石质地的钻石的可能性低而失落。

Had they stung Bristol into raising a game dampened by unremitting drizzle they might have suffered more.

Demand for gasoline has been dampened by the recession.

Profits were dampened by slower workstation sales and snags in disk-drive production.

But her enthusiasm was swiftly dampened by a visit to a curio shop, where she bought several overpriced souvenirs.

Trailing edge vibration has been dampened by reinforcement with thin glass fibre rod inserts or mylar overlays, so eliminating excessive noise.

In Phoenix any aggressive tendencies were dampened by the location of these agencies within a government structure that frowned on federal aid.