make a dent in ;militate against

对...产生不利影响

militate a gainst sb

妨碍某人，不利于某人.

Ill health militate d against his chance of success.

身体不好影响了他成功立业的机会.

Facts militate against this opinion.

事实不能说明这个论点。

All this did not militate our success.

所有这些并不妨碍我们的成功。

Two factors may well militate against these benefits

有两个因素会妨碍这些利益。

This would certainly militate against good bonding between the resin matrix and the glass

这当然会影响树脂基体与玻璃间的良好粘结。

||1:All politics is local, even when an entire country’s future is at stake.||2:But in Rosyth, a run-down port in the shadow of the Forth Bridge near Edinburgh, distinctive local factors are pulling people in opposite directions.||3:The importance of the town’s biggest industry seems to militate for sticking with Britain.||4:But the generally depressed state of the economy makes independence more appealing (see article).||5:The outcome of this tug-of-war will determine how people vote in Rosyth—and in other parts of Scotland.

||1:所有的政治都是地区性的，即使是在一个国家的未来岌岌可危之时。||2:但在罗塞斯，这个靠近爱丁堡附近福斯桥的破旧港口，独特的地方性因素使得人们走上了相反的方向。||3:城镇最大的产业的重要性似乎是阻碍了其与英国的绑定。||4:但是普遍低迷的经济状况使得独立更加迫切（见文章）。||5:这场拉锯战的后果将决定人们如何在罗赛斯——和苏格兰其他地区投票。

The missile-shield programme, whatever its merits, must not militate against efforts to improve security against other kinds of threat.

不论导弹防御体系有何种好处，它都不应该削弱人们的努力以改进安全措施来抵御其它威胁。

Rather than building a consensus against torture, which is the real prize, prosecutions might militate against it.

起诉也许不会建立起反对酷刑的共识——这才是真正值得努力的方向——而是会产生不利影响。

Yet the alarming pictures on news bulletins and front pages are likely to militate against that cool-headed response.

然而，新闻快报与报纸头版上触目惊心的图片，可能会妨碍政府做出冷静的回应。

Despite the redistributive intent, some of the criteria applied militate against justice and efficiency.

再分配的初衷是好的，但有些为此制定的各种执行标准却与公平效率背道而驰。

Defensive instincts militate against free and easy exchange of ideas.

自我保护的本能对思想的自由顺畅交流产生不利影响。

The president’s extraordinarily thin base of popular support and uncertain relations with soft-liners militate against a pacted transition.

总统极薄弱的民意支持以及与温和派的不稳定关系妨碍了协议过渡。

militate for

vt.有利于

militate against

ph.1. 对...产生不利影响

militate againast

vt.妨碍,不利于

militate in favor of

便于, 有助于

militate the stomach

和胃