释义 |
phraseIf something happens to the detriment of something or to a person's detriment, it causes harm or damage to them. [formal] Children spend too much time on schoolwork, to the detriment of other activities. See full dictionary entry for detrimentExamples of 'to the detriment of' in a sentenceto the detriment of Otherwise, caution might prevail to the detriment of the game.Some of those clubs have really kicked on, to the detriment of the others.To the detriment of the arrivistes is the depth of their squad.It would be to the detriment of the club.Which might be, publicly and perceptionwise, to the detriment of myself.I know that this has been to the detriment of my pupils.The result, to the detriment of inhabitants and investors, is uncertainty.It places all the pressure upon winning to the detriment of development.And so it continues, to the detriment of literary life. |