[英文成語] MAKE A DENT. - 如何創造出影響
Make a dent.
略有影響
「Make a dent」通常用嚟描述對某個大問題或困難作出一啲小小嘅影響或改變。喺香港，我哋可以將之比喻為「起到點滴作用」。例如你向一個非常堅固嘅牆壁輕輕敲擊，雖然未必能夠馬上震碎牆壁，但你嘅行動可能會在表面留下小小嘅痕跡。喺生活或工作中，當面對看似不可逾越嘅挑戰時，別小看自己嘅努力，即使只係「起到點滴作用」，都係進步嘅一部分。透過積少成多嘅方式，每個小小嘅努力都可以最終匯聚成為顯著嘅變化。
例句
His small donation didn't make a dent in the overall fundraising goal.
佢個小額捐款對整個籌款目標冇乜影響。
Even though we've been working all day, we've barely made a dent in sorting through the donations.
即使我哋成日辛苦整埋，捐贈整理方面只見咗少少進展。
Despite his efforts, reducing the error rate in data entry by just a few percent, he felt like he hadn’t really made a dent in improving the system.
儘管佢嘗試減少數據輸入嘅錯誤率，但只見到少少效果，佢覺得自己冇作出重大嘅改變。