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的金钱作为代价，并且使得公了对政府的信任。

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

从外部来看，法国给这个分裂的殖民地强加了沉重的债务，削弱了这个年轻的国家。

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的人们而言，逝去的每一小时都消耗着他们的力量，销蚀他们发现更多生还者的希望。

Therapists and counsellors have sapped them of agency.

治疗师和咨询师已经削弱了他们的自主权。

It just sort of sapped me of energy.

它just让我耗尽了能量。这里的" sort of" 和" sapped" 在口语中常用来表达一种模糊的、逐渐消耗的觉，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的说法：“它渐渐地耗尽了我的精力。”

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

这两种元素都将在一个放纵的文化中被削弱。

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。

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

幼苗的百日草和金盏花垂下了身子， 最后弯着腰躺在地上， 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.

但在过去一周左右的时间里也发生了几起丑闻，削弱了大家的士气。

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，捏着面团，正准备个披萨，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，请尽量避免让流干的皮肤受到阳光照射。

Scandals have also sapped investor appetite.

丑闻也削弱了投资者的信心。

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，这个毁灭性的消息耗尽了他最后的精力。

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）以独立候选人的身份参加了竞选，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.

所有关系的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.

随着时间的推移，这使得市中心的核心区域去了活力，因为人们在工作日结束时纷纷离开办公室，前往遥远的住所。

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

它的生命力不在纽约， 也不在芝加哥； 它不会被圣路易斯发生的任何事情所削弱。

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的财富，偷走了骄傲人民的生命，”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， 当今大规模的慈善基金会，尤其是美国的基金会，已经在多种方式上削弱了无偿物品的来源。