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

腐败问税人数百万计的金钱作为代价，并且使得公众丧失了对政府的信任。

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。

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

肖蒂说：“我猜他可能削弱了， 中尉。我不明白” 。

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。

Extroverts actually find their energy is sapped when they spend too much time alone.

外向的人实际上会发现，当他们独处的时间太多时，他们的精力就会消耗殆尽。

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。

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了身子， 最后弯着腰躺在地上， 筋疲力尽。

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

如果你确实大猪草缠住了，请尽量避免让流干的皮肤受到阳光照射。

" You'd have shot me. I've been sapped. It always makes me a little dark under the eyes" .

“你会开枪打死我的。我削弱了。它总是让我的面有点黑” 。

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。

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。

But it was not food that Buck and the huskies needed, but rest. And though they were making poor time, the heavy load they dragged sapped their strength severely.

然而，巴克和那几条爱斯基摩狗需要的不是食物，而是休息。虽然每天走路不多，狗们的体力却仍然给沉重的货载无情地耗费着。

A pressing concern is the impact this will have on a world where resources are already sapped by a rapid succession of disasters.

一个紧迫的问是，这将对一个资源已经接二连三的灾难消耗殆尽的世界产生影响。

The complementary reds and greens combine garishly a billiard table replaces the respectable piece of furniture in the family kitchen: a passion for gaming has sapped these people’s strength, and also their ability to connect with one another.

沉迷于游戏已经削弱了这些人的体力， 及与他人沟通的能力。