| 单词 | injure |
| 释义 | in·jure 1. a. < the injured husband sued for divorce > b. < injure his authority — H.J.Laski > < injure your prospects — Thomas Hardy > c. < injure a man's pride > 2. a. < injured by a falling brick > b. < injure your health > c. < many houses were injured by the storm > < this tax will injure all business > Synonyms: < injure a man's reputation by slander > < injure a shoulder in a football game > < injure a friendship by resentment > harm stresses the inflicting of pain, suffering, or loss < harm a dog by overfeeding it > < bitterness among the elders must not be permitted to harm or wound the innocent children of either race — Beverly Smith > < harm one's country by careless talk in wartime > hurt implies the inflicting of a wound upon something (as the body, the feelings, or the commonwealth) capable of sustaining an injury < seriously hurt in a landing under shore fire > < hurt a man's pride by belittling his accomplishments > < hurt the state by publicizing its rare and petty political feuds > damage implies injury resulting in loss of value, completeness, efficiency, function < furniture damaged by careless handling by movers > < an eye damaged by strain under bad light > < damage a motor by overheating it > impair suggests a making less complete or efficient as by deterioration or diminution < her excitement impaired her power of listening — Willa Cather > < beauty impaired by age > < labor with the hands or at the desk distorts or impairs the body — G.L.Dickinson > < individual rights should not be impaired without good reason > mar implies an injury that makes less perfect < a case of smallpox which marred his face for life — Time > < his intellect, which was amazingly spotty, marred by great gaps — Norman Mailer > < a life of drudgery disfigures the body and mars and enervates the soul — G.L.Dickinson > spoil in this connection suggests not only impairment or marring but usually destruction or ruin < they had the long Carroll upper lip that spoiled their looks a bit — Mary Deasy > < few streams and lakes which were clear and unspoiled by the works of man — Alexander MacDonald > < a great novel spoiled by hasty (and lazy) composition — H.J.Laski > |
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