英语词汇“impair”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

impairimpair /ɪmˈpɛr/ ●○○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYimpair

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French empeirer, from Vulgar Latin impejorare, from Late Latin pejorare to make worse

VERB TABLE

impair

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	impair
	he, she, it	impairs
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	impaired
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have impaired
	he, she, it	has impaired
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had impaired
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will impair
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have impaired

Continuous Form
Present	I	am impairing
	he, she, it	is impairing
	you, we, they	are impairing
Past	I, he, she, it	was impairing
	you, we, they	were impairing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been impairing
	he, she, it	has been impairing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been impairing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be impairing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been impairing

to damage something or make it not as good as it should be SYN weaken: Drinking alcohol seriously impairs your ability to drive. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French empeirer, from Vulgar Latin impejorare, from Late Latin pejorare to make worse]