damp down

基本解釋

Difficulties did not damp down his enthusiasm.
困難沒能減弱他的熱心。
In Friday's trading it barely budged—and in fact closed a fraction below 8.11 to the dollar, suggesting the authorities are keen to damp down market expectations of further rises.
它周五的市場上幾乎沒動，實際上還低于8.11元兌1美元，這按時當局渴望平息市場對更多升值的期望。
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The government's and the bank's actions, along with the reassuring speeches of its governor, Glenn Stevens, helped to damp down the early panic.
政府和銀行的行動，以及澳洲央行行長格蘭史蒂文斯（Glenn Stevens）撫慰民心的演講消除了人們早期的顧慮。

Sartaj Aziz, the Pakistani foreign minister, is due in Delhi on June 12th to try to damp down the latest flare-up in the disputed territory.
ECONOMIST: Pakistan and India
The immediate consequence is that the Bank of England is likely to again raise interest rates to damp down inflation and consumer spending: not sharply, perhaps, but steadily.
ECONOMIST: A disappointing start
Jean-Claude Trichet, the ECB's president, tried to damp down even that concern, pointing out that banks could tap unlimited liquidity at the ECB and that they had ample collateral left to post in return.
ECONOMIST: The world economy: Mountains to climb

To damp down something such as a strong emotion, an argument, or a crisis means to make it calmer or less intense.