pernicious

Word family adverbperniciouslynounperniciousnessadjectivepernicious

per·ni·cious /pəˈnɪʃəs $ pər-/ adjectiveadj formal

HARM/BE BAD FORvery harmful or evil, often in a way that you do not notice easily 很有害的〔通常不容易察觉〕

the pernicious effects of poverty

贫穷的危害性

the media’s pernicious influence

媒体的有害影响

► see thesaurus at harmful

—perniciously adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

pernicious• In addition, Roycayrol and Cattan studied fundic biopsy specimens of 18 totally achlorhydric patients, 12 of whom had pernicious anaemia.• Gastrin levels may also be elevated by pernicious anemia. duodenal ulcers, and after a meal.• In 1937, she had felt she had had enough of the pernicious course of human history.• How can a struggling organization escape this pernicious cycle of perpetual reaction and strife?• the pernicious effects of advertising• a pernicious lie• And how did this pernicious self-image arise?• We are so easily led to pernicious solutions.• Unfortunately in 1971 I was not protected from that most pernicious word by those inverted commas.

Origin pernicious

(1500-1600) French pernicieux, from Latin perniciosus, from pernicies “destruction”, from nex “violent death”

单词	pernicious
释义	pernicious Word family adverbperniciouslynounperniciousnessadjectivepernicious per·ni·cious /pəˈnɪʃəs $ pər-/ adjectiveadj formal HARM/BE BAD FORvery harmful or evil, often in a way that you do not notice easily 很有害的〔通常不容易察觉〕 the pernicious effects of poverty 贫穷的危害性 the media’s pernicious influence 媒体的有害影响 ► see thesaurus at harmful —perniciously adverbadv Examples from the Corpus pernicious• In addition, Roycayrol and Cattan studied fundic biopsy specimens of 18 totally achlorhydric patients, 12 of whom had pernicious anaemia.• Gastrin levels may also be elevated by pernicious anemia. duodenal ulcers, and after a meal.• In 1937, she had felt she had had enough of the pernicious course of human history.• How can a struggling organization escape this pernicious cycle of perpetual reaction and strife?• the pernicious effects of advertising• a pernicious lie• And how did this pernicious self-image arise?• We are so easily led to pernicious solutions.• Unfortunately in 1971 I was not protected from that most pernicious word by those inverted commas. Origin pernicious (1500-1600) French pernicieux, from Latin perniciosus, from pernicies “destruction”, from nex “violent death”
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