rising damp

美 　英

• n.從地下滲入墻壁的潮氣
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)潮濕加劇；潮氣上升的問題；愈演愈烈

英漢解釋

n.	1. moisture that is absorbed from the ground into walls, resulting in structural damage 2. a form of damage in which the walls of a building become wet from the ground and begin to decay

例句

One opposition senator compares her to rising damp: "everywhere and impossible to tackle" .

一名反對黨議員將她比作騰起的霧氣：“無處不在卻又難以抓住。”

Since being built the city, famous for its canals, has suffered from rising damp and the threat of being swamped by the sea.

自建城以來，威尼斯以運河著稱，但威尼斯也常常遭受嚴(yán)重的潮濕，還擔(dān)憂被海水淹沒。