1. 倾倒;倾卸

If you dump something somewhere, you put it or unload it there quickly and carelessly.

e.g.We dumped our bags at the nearby Grand Hotel and hurried towards the market...

我们把包扔在附近的格兰德酒店后就匆匆赶往集市。

e.g.He got my haversack from the cab and dumped it at my feet.

他把我的背包从出租车上取来丢到我脚下。

2. 丢弃;抛弃;扔掉

If something is dumped somewhere, it is put or left there because it is no longer wanted or needed.

e.g.The getaway car was dumped near a motorway tunnel...

逃亡用的车被丢弃在高速公路隧道附近。

e.g.A million tonnes of untreated sewage is dumped into the sea...

一百万吨未经处理的污水被倾倒进了海里。

dumping

German law forbids the dumping of hazardous waste on German soil.

德国法律禁止在德国本土倾倒有害废料。

3. 垃圾场;垃圾堆

A dump is a place where rubbish is left, for example on open ground outside a town.

e.g....companies that bring their rubbish straight to the dump...

将其废弃物直接运送至垃圾场的公司

e.g.The walled garden was used as a dump.

带围墙的花园被用作了垃圾场。

4. 肮脏的地方;乱七八糟的地方

If you say that a place is a dump, you think it is ugly and unpleasant to live in or visit.

e.g.'What a dump!' Christabel said, standing in the doorway of the youth hostel.

“真够脏乱的！”克丽丝特布尔站在青年旅社的门口说道。

5. (军队中粮食、武器等的)临时堆积处,临时仓库

A dump is a place where an army stores food and weapons temporarily while it is stationed in a particular place.

6. 不再支持,摒弃(政策、想法等)

To dump something such as an idea, policy, or practice means to stop supporting or using it.

e.g.Ministers believed it was vital to dump the poll tax before the election.

大臣们认为在大选前停止征收人头税至关重要。

7. (通常指为占领海外市场)倾销,抛售

If a firm or company dumps goods, it sells large quantities of them at prices far below their real value, usually in another country, in order to gain a bigger market share or to keep prices high in the home market.

e.g.It produces more than it needs, then dumps its surplus onto the world market.

当产量超过需求时,过剩的产品便倾销到世界市场。

8. 与…断绝关系;与…结束关系

If you dump someone, you end your relationship with them.

e.g.I thought he was going to dump me for another girl...

我以为他要为了另一个女孩而和我分手。

e.g.She was dumped by her long-term lover after five years...

5 年后她被相恋多年的恋人抛弃了。

9. (将孩子)扔给…照看

If you say that a parent dumps a child with someone, you are criticizing the parent for leaving the child to be looked after by that person.

e.g.I was sometimes dumped with my grandmother or left with highly unsuitable au pairs...

有时我被扔给奶奶照看，或者被交给毫无经验的临时保姆。

e.g.He can't cope and dumps his two teenage boys on them to be looked after.

他应付不过来，只能将他那两个十来岁的儿子交给他们代为照看。

10. 转储,转存(计算机数据)

To dump computer data or memory means to copy it from one storage system onto another, such as from disk to magnetic tape.

e.g.It can take a couple of hours to dump a thousand telephone numbers into a 128k EPROM pack...

将 1,000 个电话号码转存到一个128k的EPROM芯片要花好几个小时。

e.g.All the data is then dumped into the main computer.

所有数据随后被转存至主计算机。

11. 转存信息库;转储数据库

A dump is a list of the data that is stored in a computer's memory at a particular time. Dumps are often used by computer programmers to find out what is causing a problem with a program.

e.g....a screen dump.

屏幕转储

12. 非难;亏待

If someone dumps on you, they treat you very badly and unfairly.

e.g.He was a nice guy, Mona. He didn't dump on me.

莫娜,他是个不错的家伙,没有亏待我。

13. 郁闷的;沮丧的;闷闷不乐的

If you are down in the dumps, you are feeling very depressed and miserable.

e.g.She's feeling a bit down in the dumps and needs cheering up.

她情绪有点低落，需要振奋起来。