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。

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，揉捏着面团，正准备烤个披，感却让我分心了。

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。

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。

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， 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。

And it massively sapped Athens' power.

并且极大地耗尽了雅典的实力。

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。

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下了身子， 最后弯着腰躺在地上， 筋疲力尽。

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

他因缺乏睡眠而感到头晕，这个毁灭性的消息耗尽了他最后的精力。

" 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。我被削弱了。它总是让我的眼睛下面有点黑” 。

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。

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。

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，市心的活力逐渐减弱，人们在一天结束时逃离办公室，前往遥远的家。

Oh, there was a real concern that city life sapped moral goodness and energy.

哦，确实有人担心城市生活会耗尽道德良善和活力。

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。