dampen activity

基本解释

Continued fiscal consolidation will also act to dampen activity.
持續的財政調整也可能導致經濟活動放緩。
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Kéri says the mutation might dampen activity in the brain's prefrontal cortex, easing its usual brake on mood and emotions.
尅裡說，突變可能會抑制大腦前額葉皮質的活動，放松其對情緒和情感的控制。
Yet higher taxes will also dampen(dampen down British English to make something such as a feeling or activity less strong) consumer spending, sending growth lower still.
但是高稅收將會抑制消費者支出,反而導致增長率趨更低.