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单词
detriment
释义
detriment
det‧ri‧ment
/
ˈdetrəmənt
/
noun
[uncountable]
formal
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
detriment
Origin:
1400-1500
Latin
detrimentum
, from
deterere
‘to rub away’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
According to the report, district managers are obsessed with control and compliance to the
detriment
of student achievement.
But a presumption of inevitable environmental
detriment
is premature.
He said the annexation should be a benefit, not a
detriment
, to taxpayers.
Hyperbole is a way of life in the culinary world, much to its
detriment
.
The idea is to make as much money as possible from news departments, sometimes to the
detriment
of truth and journalism.
This suggestion turned out to be greatly to my own
detriment
.
Without doing so, we could miss vital factors of
detriment
both to water voles and other wetland wildlife.
harm or damage
to the detriment of something
(=
resulting in harm or damage to something
)
He worked very long hours, to the detriment of his marriage.
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