Corruption has cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and sapped faith in government.

腐败问题以纳税人数以百万计金钱作为代价，并且使得公众丧失了对政府信任。

From the outside, France had imposed a crippling debt on its breakaway colony that sapped the young nation.

从外部来看，法国给这个分裂殖民地强加了债务，削弱了这个年轻国家。

But for those digging through the debris, every passing hour sapped their strength and their hopes of finding more victims alive.

但是对在瓦砾中挖掘人们而言，逝去每一小时都消耗他们力量，销蚀他们发现更多生还者希望。

Therapists and counsellors have sapped them of agency.

治疗师和咨询师已经削弱了他们自主权。

It just sort of sapped me of energy.

它just让我耗尽了能量。这里" sort of" 和" sapped" 在口语中常用来表达一种模糊、逐渐消耗觉，直译为“just sort of”会显得不太自然，因此可以调整为更符合中文表达习惯说法：“它渐渐地耗尽了我精力。”

Both of these elements will be sapped in a permissive culture.

这两种元素都将在一个放纵文化中被削弱。

It was nice to see somebody else get sapped for a change.

很高兴看到其他人因改变而疲惫不堪。

Scandals have also sapped investor appetite.

丑闻也削弱了投资者信心。

The seedling zinnias and marigolds drooped and finally lay bent against the earth, sapped and exhausted.

幼苗百日草和金盏花垂下了身子， 最后弯在地上， 筋疲力尽。

But also we've had a couple of sort of scandals over the last week or so, which basically have sapped people's morale.

但在过去一周左右时间里也发生了几起丑闻，削弱了大家士气。

I fired up the Ooni, fiddled with the dough, and was ready to launch a pie when my hunger sapped my concentration.

我打开Ooni烤箱，揉捏面团，正准备烤个披萨，饥饿却让我分心了。

Shorty said: " I guess maybe he was sapped, lieutenant. I don't get it" .

肖蒂说：“我猜他可能被削弱了， 中尉。我不明白” 。

If  you do tangle with a hogweed, try to keep the sapped slathered skin out of the sun.

如果你确实被大猪草缠住了，请尽量避免让流干皮肤受到阳光照射。

He was dizzy with lack of sleep, and this devastating news sapped the last of his energy.

他因缺乏睡眠而到头晕，这个毁灭性消息耗尽了他最后精力。

Billionaire computer magnate Ross Perot entered the race as an independent candidate, and he sapped votes from Bush.

亿万富翁计算机大亨罗斯·佩罗（Ross Perot）以独立候选人身份参加了竞选，他从布什手中夺走了选票。

All the energy for the relationship is sapped from arguing, with no chance of growing closer as most conversations turn into a screaming match.

所有关系能量都被争吵消耗了，没有机会变得更亲密，因为大多数谈话都变成了尖叫。

Over time, that has sapped vibrancy from their downtown cores as people flee offices at the end of the day for far-flung homes.

随时间推移，这使得市中心核心区域失去了活力，因为人们在工作日结束时纷纷离开办公室，前往遥远住所。

Its vitality does not lie in New York, nor in Chicago; it will not be sapped by anything that happens in St. Louis.

它生命力不在纽约， 也不在芝加哥； 它不会被圣路易斯发生任何事情所削弱。

The Castro regime has systematically sapped the wealth of a great nation and stolen the lives of a proud people, ” said Mr. Pence.

卡斯特罗政权系统性地掠夺了一个伟大国家财富，偷走了骄傲人民生命，”彭斯先生说。

Moreover, the large-scale philanthropic foundations of our day, and the U.S. foundations in particular, have in various ways sapped the sources of gratuitous goods.

此外， 当今大规模慈善基金会，尤其是美国基金会，已经在多种方式上削弱了无偿物品来源。