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- mass noun physical harm caused to something in such a way as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function损坏; 损伤, 伤害。
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- unwelcome and detrimental effects损害：
the damage to his reputation was considerable.
对他声誉的损害相当大。
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damages
a sum of money claimed or awarded in compensation for a loss or an injury损害赔偿金：she was awarded $284,000 in damages.
她得到了284,000美元的损害赔偿金。
with obj.
1- inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function损坏; 损伤, 伤害：
the car was badly damaged in the accident
车祸中汽车严重受损
as adj. damaged damaged ligaments损伤的韧带
as adj. damaging new cars are less damaging to the environment.新车对环境的损害较少。
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- have a detrimental effect on有损于：
the scandal could seriously damage his career.
此丑闻可能严重有损他的职业生涯。
短语
the damage is done
- used to indicate that it is too late to prevent the occurrence of something unfortunate or undesirable于事无补。
what's the damage?
- informal, humorous used to ask the cost of something〈非正式, 幽默〉要多少钱？
派生词
damagingly
adverb词源
Middle English: from Old French, from dam, damne 'loss or damage', from Latin damnum 'loss or hurt'; compare with DAMN.