make a dent

Our standard ammo doesn't even make a dent.

标准武器对它们不起作用。

I'll try to help you make a dent in some of that work.

我会尽量帮你着手其中的一些工作.

Such efforts might also make a small dent in the growing trade deficit with China.

这些努力或许会让美国与中国之间日益攀升的贸易逆差稍有缓解。

While Nokia's flagship Lumia series has received good reviews, the company has failed to make a dent on its main competitors, Apple and Samsung Electronics Co. Nokia's second-quarter revenue from phone sales was less than 25% what it was in the first quarter of 2011, when Nokia's tie-up with Microsoft was announced.

虽然诺基亚的旗舰Lumia系列获得好评，但该公司没能对苹果和三星电子（Samsung Electronics）等主要竞争对手造成冲击。诺基亚第二季度手机销售收入还不到2011年一季度诺基亚宣布与微软合作时的25%。

China's car manufacturers have so far failed to make a dent in the global auto market, despite the fact that it is now more than three decades since Volkswagen set up one of the country's first big joint ventures.

自大众（Volkswagen）在中国创办首个大型合资企业以来，时间已过去了逾30年。然而到目前为止，中国汽车制造商仍未对全球汽车市场产生很大影响。

But a few weeks could make a dent in gross domestic product, and in a fragile economy, that could hurt.

但几周可能削弱国内生产总值，使经济变得脆弱，可能造成致命伤。

Now, if you are dead inside, the other person can do a lot of things for Valentine's. It won't make a dent.

但如果你已经心死了，你的另一半可以为你们的情人节做很多事啊！

The institute will not initially grant undergraduate degrees, which will limit its potential to make a dent in the region's deficit of technology talent, at least in the near term.

该学院最初不会授予本科学位，这将限制其改善该地区技术人才缺口的潜力，至少在短期内是这样。

The doctor told him to stop smoking, but it didn't make a dent.

医生让他停止抽烟，但没有引起注意。

More than that, he wanted a product that would, in his words, make a dent in the universe.

不仅如此，用他自己的话说，他需要一个在宇宙中留下印迹的产品。

The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem.

委员会几乎还没有在这个问题上取得任何进展。

Google certainly has the bench strength to make a dent in this problem but no one has cracked the code yet, said Tim Tuttle, chief executive of MindMeld, an AI start-up that is building its own platform for conversational computing.

谷歌当然拥有足够强大的人才实力来挑战这个问题，但是迄今还没人能完全破解，AI初创企业MindMeld的首席执行官蒂姆•塔特尔（Tim Tuttle）表示。该公司正在打造自己的对话式计算平台。

I wanted to see if I could make a dent in the huge problem that our ever-worsening health habits are for our country and decided to start keas instead.

我当时很想看看，对于美国越来越糟糕的健康习惯这一大难题，我能做点什么，后来我决定创立Keas。

Second, no conceivable revaluation of the renminbi is likely make a dent in China's exporting prowess.

第二, 对人民币进行幅度可以想象的升值,不太可能削弱中国强大的出口能力.

And they're not going to make a dent in Apple's market share because the magical design talent is just not there.

而他们不会在Apple的市场占有率中造成凹陷，因为魔法的设计才能并不在那里。

As for B vitamins, research shows that yes, these do cut homocysteine levels* but no, that doesn't make a dent in heart danger.

至于维生素B，好的方面，它确实能降低同型半胱氨酸的浓度，不好的方面，它对减少心脏病概率没有帮助。

John shoveled and shoveled, but he didn't seem to make a dent in the pile of sand.

约翰铲了又铲，可他好像并没有把沙子铲了多少。

International concern about the trade have never been greater, but conferences, new enforcement strategies and ivory crushes have yet to make a dent.

国际上对这种贸易的担忧已经达到了前所未有的程度，不过，相关的会议、新的执法策略以及销毁象牙制品的行动还没有产生什么效果。

We worked all day and still didn't make a dent in this paperwork.

我们工作了一整天，但这项文书作业仍没有进展。

According to DIGITIMES, Acer, Lenovo, Toshiba and Asustek may produce less than 50,000 units, too conservative to really make a dent in public awareness.

据台湾IT网站DigiTimes报道，宏基、联想、东芝和华硕四厂商首批推出的Ultrabook笔记本总数可能不足5万台，虽说是投石探路，但石头太小，也不足以让公众的认知产生波澜。

The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem

委员会几乎还没有在这个问题上取得任何进展。

The doctor told him to quit smoking, but it didn't make a dent.

产生印象医生劝他戒烟，但没引起他的注意。

No, you merely need enough to stay in business, to keep moving, to make a dent.

不，你仅要坚守自己的生意，保持它的发展，不断前进。

There may not be a catchall solution for youth unemployment, but Matthew Segal and Jarrett Moreno, who are both 26, believe they have a "no brainer" that will at least make a dent.

对于年轻人失业问题，似乎不可能有能万能的解决方案，但同是26岁的马修•西格尔和贾勒特•莫雷诺却认为，他们有一个“显而易见的方案”，能起到一定作用。

The industry is particularly curious about Xiaomi's potential to make a dent in the United States, which is the world's biggest mobile market in dollar terms but one where phone sales are controlled by telecoms carriers and where Apple holds sway.

业界特别想知道小米在美国的发展潜力。美国是全球最大的移动设备市场（以美元计），但美国的手机销售由电信公司控制，而且还有苹果这个行业霸主。

The doctor told him to quIt'smoking, but it didn't make a dent.

医生劝他戒烟, 但没引起他的注意.

The Sept. 20 release of the new iPhones gave Apple a "significant bounce," according to Kantar, but not enough to make a dent in Android's 70.9% share of sales in August, September and October.

Kantar称，9月20日发布的新款iPhone令苹果销量大增，但仍然不足以撼动同期Android手机70.9%的市场份额。

The lawyer's fees will make a dent in our finances.

律师费将耗去我们一部分资金。

While donations came in at a much brisker pace than in the previous three-week reporting period, when he raised$ 114,000, that is unlikely to make a dent in Mr.

虽然这次的资金，相比于上次披露的前三个星期筹集的114000美元，是明显提高了。

But side effects are a problem, and it's unclear whether the findings will make a dent in an addiction that affects millions of Americans.

但是副作用是个问题，并且还不清楚这个发现是否会导致药物成瘾而影响数百万计的美国人。