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单词 damage
释义
damage
verb[T]
uk
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/
B1
toharmorspoilsomething:
损害，危害；损坏；伤害
Manybuildingswerebadlydamaged during thewar.许多建筑物在战争中严重受损。
It was ascandalthat damaged a lot ofreputations.这是一桩使人名誉扫地的丑闻。
More examples
  • Smoking islikelyto damageyourhealthpermanently.
  • Thelibrarywasbadlydamaged in thefire.
  • Theexplosiondamaged thebridge, but thesubstructureremainedintact.
  • Certainchemicalshave beenbannedbecause they are damaging theenvironment.
  • Thecaretakerranout andtriedtocatchtheboyswho had been damaging thefence.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Damaging and spoiling
  • adulterate
  • adulterated
  • adulteration
  • alloy
  • at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
  • at-risk
  • flaw
  • foul
  • foul(something)up
  • gild the lilyidiom
  • gloss
  • gnaw
  • gnaw away atsomething
  • ravage
  • ravages
  • ruin
  • scourge
  • scuff
  • sour
  • wreck
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damage
noun
uk
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/
B1[U]
harmorinjury:
损害，危害；损坏；伤害
Strongwindshadcausedseriousdamagetotheroof.大风使屋顶严重受损。
Recentdiscoveriesaboutcorruptionhavedoneseriousdamagetothe company'sreputation.近来曝光的一些腐败行为使该公司的声誉受到严重损害。
Thedoctorswereworriedthat he might havesufferedbraindamage.医生们担心他可能受到了脑损伤。
damages[plural]
moneythat ispaidto someone by apersonororganizationwho has beenresponsibleforcausingthem someinjuryorloss:
赔偿（金），赔款
Thepoliticianwasawarded£50,000 in damages overfalseallegationsmade by thenewspaper.那位政治家获得了报社因报道失实而向他支付的5万英镑赔偿金。
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More examples
  • Thestateof Florida washitby ahurricanethat didseriousdamage.
  • After thecrashbothdriversgot out andinspectedtheircarsfor damage.
  • Smoking hascausedirreversibledamage to hislungs.
  • Thebombwasdesignedtocausethemaximumamountof damage.
  • Thediseasecancausepermanentdamage to thebrain.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Damaging and spoiling
  • adulterate
  • adulterated
  • adulteration
  • alloy
  • at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
  • at-risk
  • flaw
  • foul
  • foul(something)up
  • gild the lilyidiom
  • gloss
  • gnaw
  • gnaw away atsomething
  • ravage
  • ravages
  • ruin
  • scourge
  • scuff
  • sour
  • wreck
See more results »

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Injuring and injuries

Idioms

the damage is done
what's the damage?
(Definition ofdamagefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

damage| American Dictionary

damage
verb[T]
us
/ˈdæm·ɪdʒ/
toharmorspoilsomething:
Manybuildingswerebadlydamaged by theearthquake.
Newsreportsdamaged the senator’sreputation.
damage
noun[U]
us
/ˈdæm·ɪdʒ/
harmorinjury:
Thefiredidseriousdamage to thebuildings.
Hesufferedbraindamage in theaccident.
(Definition ofdamagefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

damage| Business English

damage
noun[U]
uk
/ˈdæmɪdʒ/us
harmthat is done to someone or something that makes them lesssuccessful:
damage to sth/sbThefirmwasluckyto get away with little damage toitsreputation.
do/cause damage (to sth/sb)Thepensionsscandaldid a lot of damage to the Government'scredibility.
inflict damage on sth/sbPublicrelationsdisasterscouldinflictdamage on thebrand.
Thesolicitorssaytheirclientswillholdthebankliablefor anylossanddamagesufferedas aresultof thearrangements.
severe/irreparable/seriousdamage
economic/financialdamage
physicalharmthat is done to something:
Theyaskedtheirinsurerstoassessthe damageso that they could make aclaim.
do/cause damage (to sth)Thegovernmentestimatesthe damage done by thefiresat millions ofpounds.
Roofs are mostlikelytosufferdamageduring ahurricane.
storm/wind/waterdamage
severe/irreparable/seriousdamage
environmental/structuraldamage
damages[plural]
LAW
moneythat apersonororganizationisorderedby acourtoflawtopayto anotherpersonororganizationbecause they areresponsibleforharmingthem in some way:
Theywanttherivalcompanytowithdrawtheproductandpaydamages.
£140,000/$12 million, etc. in damagesJuries have beenhandingout millions ofdollarsin damages forminorinjuries.
Apartyfailingtofulfiltheirpartof thecontractwillpresumablybeliablefor damages.
award damages (to sb)Inadditionto the damagesawardedto Robertson, hiswifewasawarded$500,000.
claim/seek/sue for damages (for sth)He wasseekingdamages forbreachofcontract,.
be awarded/receive/recover damages (for sth)If theoddsofsurvivalfellbecause of amisseddiagnosis,victimswould beabletotrytorecoverdamages.
the damage is done
harmhas beencausedand it is too late tochangethesituation:
Even though he wasacquitted, the damage was done.

See also

actual damages
additional damages
apparent damage
civil damages
compensatory damages
consequential damages
criminal damage
exemplary damages
incidental damages
liquidated damages
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money damages
nominal damages
non-economic damages
property damage
punitive damages
treble damages
unspecified damages
damage
verb[T]
uk
/ˈdæmɪdʒ/us
toharmsomeone or something in a way that makes them lesssuccessful:
TheChancelloris beingurgednot to takestepsthat could damage Britain'scompetitiveness.
Theyfearedthatpublicknowledgeof thedealmight damage them.
seriously/severely/irreparably damage sb/sthHe issuinghiscolleagueon thegroundsthat heraccusationsseverelydamaged hisreputation.
tophysicallyharmsomething:
People who are under-insured won't beabletorebuildiftheirhomesare damaged byahurricane.
seriously/severely/irreparably damage sthThefirecompletelydestroyedfivebuildingsandseverelydamaged several more.
(Definition ofdamagefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdamage

damage
Preconditioning with bright light evokes a protective response against lightdamagein the rat retina.
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Both suffer when the time available is reduced, but an appropriate development methodology can in both cases minimize thedamage.
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Since increased canopy reduces the kinetic energy with which raindrops hit the ground, thedamageto soil from rainfall is reduced.
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Older knowledge, perhaps because it has been relocated to regions that are damaged by the disease process, does not fare as well.
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The result of thisdamageis that there are now dead processors scattered at random in the system.
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The diffraction limit for a single image may decrease, although higher resolution datasets can still be collected due to the decreased radiationdamagerate.
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Only guts that were removed withoutdamagewere used in further analysis.
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Structuraldamageto each tree was recorded: trunk snap, branchdamage, barkdamage, or a leaning bole.
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This tends to be true for low rates ofdamage.
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In short, earlydamageto the left (or right) hemisphere when there is normal plasticity tends to lead to recovery with no longlasting gross deficits.
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Persistent psychological disturbance was related not so much to personal loss as to the degree ofdamagesuffered by the community as a whole.
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Large-sized pioneer species dominating early successional stands suffered greaterdamageand mortality, but these same species were observed as seedlings in newly formed canopy gaps.
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Residents who did not illuminate their houses or accede to other crowd demands were fortunate if broken glass was the onlydamagethey suffered.
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As we have seen, compensator y damages certainly are not sufficient.
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Unfortunately this cannot account for the differences observed between appetitive and aversive tasks in non-primate species following amygdaladamage.
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Collocationswithdamage

damage

These are words often used in combination withdamage.

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accidental damage
The neurologist observes that accidental damage to the visual cortex at the back of the head can impair arithmetic calculation.
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actual damage
The minimum compensation allowed by law for ruined bricks was insufficient to coveractualdamagecaused by new machinery.
From theCambridge English Corpus
amount of damage
Therefore, one may also expect theamountofdamageto the respective crop to affect the group probabilities.
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