| 单词 | detriment |
| 释义 | detriment (once / 1666 pages) n Detriment is the hurt or harm as a result of damage, loss, or a bad decision. The developers won the lawsuit, much to the detriment of the people who live near the construction site. The meaning of detriment has not changed much from its roots in the Latin word, detrimentum, which is "a rubbing off, loss, damage, defeat." A detriment is a loss that wears you down. Smoking is a detriment to good health, as is standing in the snow barefooted. To the detriment of the people who clean the floors, we gave the girls scrambled eggs right before gymnastics class. WORD FAMILYdetriment: detrimental, detriments+/detrimental: detrimentally USAGE EXAMPLESNow, there is a lot left unsaid in that statement - to the detriment of honesty, integrity, and history. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) Indeed, doing so is often a detriment to keeping your show on the air, because it often guarantees low ratings. Slate(Dec 20, 2016) Research suggests that the TVA, for instance, fostered a manufacturing cluster in its own area but to the detriment of other regions. Economist(Dec 15, 2016) n a damage or loss Syn|Hypo|Hyper hurt expense a detriment or sacrifice damage, harm, impairment the occurrence of a change for the worse |
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