英语词汇“harm”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词

harm

例句

noun | verb

harmharm1 /hɑrm/ noun ► harm

a bad effect on someone or something:

Telling a child that he is stupid can do a lot of harm to his self-esteem.

The mistake did his political career a lot of harm, and he lost the election.

► damage

a very bad effect on something. Damage sounds more serious than harm:

Closing the factory will cause a lot of damage to the local economy.

► injury AWL (formal)

a bad effect on something, especially on the respect people have for someone. Injury is used in a court of law:

She said the newspaper article was false, and had caused injury to her reputation.

➔ see damage1, injury

noun | verb

harmharm2 /hɑrm/ verb ► harm

to have a bad effect on someone or something:

The problems with the banks greatly harmed the economy.

The company doesn’t want to harm its image by causing pollution.

► damage

to have a very bad effect on someone or something. Damage sounds more serious than harm:

Her mistake could damage her chances of getting a better job.

► be bad for

to be likely to have a bad effect on someone or something. Be bad for is more informal than harm:

The lack of rain is bad for the farming industry, because the crops need water.

► hurt

to have a bad effect on someone or something, especially by making him, her, or it less successful. Hurt sounds more informal than harm and does not sound as serious:

Changing the name of the store hurt the company’s profits.

I’m sorry I said that. I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.

► injure AWL (formal)

to have a bad effect on the respect that someone feels for himself or on the respect other people have for someone. You use injure especially in the phrases “injure someone’s pride” or “injure someone’s reputation”:

The court agreed that the newspaper story had injured Mr. Smith’s reputation.

► impair (formal)

to make something less able to be done easily:

The tax will impair the sale of food to foreign countries.

➔ see damage2, hurt

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