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IELTS BNC: 1074 COCA: 1522

damage

Word family
dam·age1 /ˈdæmɪdʒ/ ●●● S3 W2 noun
1 physical harm 對物體或身體的損害DAMAGE [uncountableU] physical harm that is done to something or to a part of someone’s body, so that it is broken or injured 破損,損害,損傷
damage to
damage to property
財産損失
These chemicals have been found to cause serious environmental damage.
經發現,這些化學物質會造成嚴重的環境破壞。
There may be permanent brain damage.
可能有永久性腦損傷。
His eyesight suffered irreparable damage.
他的視力受到了無法修複的損傷。
5  See picture of chipped 有缺口的, dented 有凹痕的, smashed 被打碎的 ...
2 emotional harm 情感上的傷害HARM/BE BAD FOR [uncountableU] harm caused to someone’s emotions or mind 傷害
The death of a parent can cause long-lasting psychological damage.
喪父或喪母可能會給子女造成長久的心理創傷。
3 bad effect 不良影響HARM/BE BAD FORSPOIL [uncountableU] a bad effect on something 不良影響,損害
damage to
The damage to his reputation was considerable.
他的名譽受到很大的損害。
The closure of the factory will cause severe damage to the local economy.
關閉這家工廠會嚴重影響當地的經濟。
damage limitation/control
the attempts at political damage control during the scandal
醜聞期間控制政治上不良影響的努力
4 damages [plural]SCL law money that a court orders someone to pay to someone else as a punishment for harming them or their property 損害賠償金 compensation
The court awarded him £15,000 in damages.
法院判給他1.5萬英鎊的損害賠償金。
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5 the damage is done TIME4#used to say that something bad has happened which makes it impossible to go back to the way things were before it happened 已造成的傷害無法挽回,木已成舟
She immediately apologized, but the damage was done.
她立即道歉,但傷害已無法挽回。
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6. what’s the damage? spokenCOST used humorously to ask how much you have to pay for something 要多少錢?〔幽默用法〕
COLLOCATIONS
verbs
do damage 造成損害
Too much sun can do severe damage to your skin.
過度日曬會對皮膚造成嚴重損傷。
cause damage 造成破壞
We surveyed the damage caused by the bomb.
我們調查了此次炸彈爆炸造成的破壞情況。
suffer/sustain damage formal 遭受損傷
She has suffered damage to her hearing.
她聽力受損。
repair the damage 彌補損失
The cost of repairing the damage could be around £300 million.
彌補損失的花費可能在三億英鎊左右。
prevent/avoid damage 防止/避免損害
Young trees need protecting to prevent damage from the wind.
小樹需要加以保護,防止風害。
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + damage
serious/severe 嚴重的
The earthquake caused severe damage to a number of buildings.
地震對一些建築物造成了嚴重破壞。
extensive/widespread (=covering a large area) 大面積的
Because of the size of the bomb, the damage was extensive.
炸彈的體積很大,因此造成了大面積的破壞。
permanent/irreparable/irreversible damage (=that cannot be repaired) 永久性的/不可修複的/不可逆轉的損害
By smoking for so long, she may have suffered irreversible damage to her health.
她有這麽長的吸煙史,可能已經對身體造成了不可逆轉的損害。
minor damage 微小的損害
Fortunately, the fire caused only minor damage.
所幸火災僅造成輕微損失。
physical damage 身體損害
There is considerable evidence that the drug can cause physical damage.
有相當多的證據表明,這種藥會對人體造成傷害。
structural damage (=to the structure of a building) 結構破壞
The building was checked for structural damage.
對這棟建築進行了檢查以探明結構破壞情況。
environmental damage 環境破壞
The programme will concentrate on reducing environmental damage and pollution.
這項計劃將把重點放在減少環境破壞和污染上。
fire/storm/flood etc damage (=caused by fire, storm, flood etc) 火災/暴風雨/水災等造成的損失
The campsite suffered extensive flood damage.
營地遭到了洪水的大面積破壞。
brain/liver/nerve etc damage //神經等損傷
If you drink a lot of alcohol it can cause liver damage.
酗酒會引起肝損傷。
accidental damage (=caused by an accident) 意外損傷
nThe insurance covers you for accidental damage to your possessions while you are on holiday.
criminal damage (=caused by someone committing a crime) 刑事損害
nThe boy was charged with criminal damage after setting fire to his girlfriend’s house.
Examples from the Corpus
damage2 ●●● S3 W3 verb [transitiveT]
1 DAMAGEINJUREto cause physical harm to something or to part of someone’s body 損害,損壞,損傷〔某物或某人的身體〕
insects that damage crops
破壞莊稼的昆蟲
badly/severely/seriously damage
Smoking can severely damage your health.
吸煙會嚴重損害健康。
see thesaurus at harm
2 HARM/BE BAD FORto have a bad effect on something or someone in a way that makes them weaker or less successful 對〔某物或某人〕有不良影響
The changes in share values have damaged investor confidence.
股價波動削弱了投資者的信心。
THESAURUS
damage to cause physical harm to something or someone, or have a bad effect on them 傷害;損害
Several buildings were damaged by the earthquake.
幾幢建築受到地震破壞。
nThe other car wasn’t damaged.
The scandal could damage his career.
這起醜聞可能影響他的事業。
harm to have a bad effect on something 損害
They use chemicals that will harm the environment.
他們使用危害環境的化學物質。
The oil crisis could harm the economy.
石油危機可能令經濟受損。
spoil to have a bad effect on something and make it less successful, enjoyable, useful etc 破壞,糟蹋
We didn’t let the rain spoil our holiday.
我們沒讓雨天攪了假期。
Local people say the new buildings will spoil the view.
當地居民稱新建築會破壞景觀。
vandalize to deliberately damage buildings, vehicles, or public property 故意破壞〔建築物、交通工具或公共財産〕
All the public telephones in the area had been vandalized.
這個地區的公用電話全部被人破壞了。
sabotage /ˈsæbətɑːʒ/ to secretly damage machines or equipment so that they cannot be used, especially in order to harm an enemy 〔尤爲打擊敵人〕暗中破壞
There is evidence that the airplane was sabotaged.
有證據表明飛機遭人爲破壞。
tamper with something to deliberately and illegally damage or change a part of something in order to prevent it from working properly 在某物上做手腳
The car’s brakes had been tampered with.
這輛車的車被人動了手腳。
desecrate to damage a church or other holy place 亵渎,玷污〔教堂或其他宗教場所〕
The church had been desecrated by vandals.
教堂遭到故意破壞者的亵渎。
deface /dɪˈfeɪs/ to deliberately spoil the appearance of something by writing on it, spraying paint on it etc 污損〔外觀〕
Someone had defaced the statue and painted it bright orange.
有人污損雕像,將它漆成了亮橙色。
Examples from the Corpus
From Longman Business Dictionary
damagedam·age1 /ˈdæmɪdʒ/ noun
1[uncountableU] a bad effect on something that makes it weaker or less successful
damage to
The result of this policy will be severe damage to the British economy.
2[uncountableU] physical harm caused to something
a fire which caused hundreds of pounds’ worth of damage to property
3flood/storm/wind etc damageINSURANCE damage caused by a flood, storm etc
The shop suffered severe smoke damage.
apparent damage
4damages [plural]LAW money that a court orders someone to pay to someone else for harming them or their property, or causing them financial loss
The group is facing claims for damages after supplying faulty goods.
They are being sued for damages by clients who had been advised to invest in an insurance company that went bankrupt.
A federal jury awarded damages for breach of contract.
actual damages additional damages civil damages compensatory damages consequential damages exemplary damages incidental damages liquidated damages money damages nominal damages non-economic damages punitive damages treble damages unspecified damages
damagedamage2 verb [transitiveT]
1to cause physical harm to something
Be careful not to damage the timer mechanism.
goods damaged in transit
2to have a bad effect on something in a way that makes it weaker or less successful
Taylor felt her reputation had been damaged by the newspaper article.
Origin damage1
(1200-1300) Old French dam damage, from Latin damnum; → DAMN4
IELTS BNC: 1074 COCA: 1522
damage

noun¹

1harm/injury危害;損傷ADJECTIVE | VERB + DAMAGE | DAMAGE + VERB | DAMAGE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEconsiderable, enormous, great, heavy, massive, serious, severe, significant, substantial, untold重大的損害;嚴重的損害;不可估量的損害The power plant will cause untold damage to the local environment.電站將會對當地環境造成不可估量的損害。minimal, minor, slight最小的/較小的/輕微的損害extensive, widespread大範圍的破壞;大面積的損害irreparable, irreversible, lasting, long-term, permanent不可彌補的/無法挽回的/持久的/長期的/永久的損害The incident did permanent damage to relations between the two countries.這起事件對兩國關係造成了永久的損害。potential潛在的損害criminal, malicious, wilful (all BrE, law法律) 刑事損害;蓄意損毀He was prosecuted for criminal damage to a vehicle.他被控對汽車存在刑事損害。accidental意外損害The insurance policy covers the building for accidental damage.這份保單承保這座建築的意外毀損。emotional, environmental, mechanical, physical, psychological, structural感情傷害;環境破壞;機械損傷;身體傷害;精神傷害;結構損壞brain, liver, nerve, etc.腦部、肝臟、神經等損傷She suffered serious brain damage at birth.她出生時腦部嚴重損傷。property財產損失collateral附帶傷害VERB + DAMAGEcause, do, inflict引起損害;造成損傷;加以傷害The earthquake caused widespread damage to property.地震造成了大範圍的財產損失。They inflicted severe psychological damage on their opponents.他們給對手造成了極大的心理傷害。suffer, sustain遭受破壞;蒙受損失repair彌補損失pay for賠償損失assess評估損失avoid, prevent避免/防止損失limit, minimize, reduce限制/最大限度減少/減少損失DAMAGE + VERBoccur, result損失發生/產生DAMAGE + NOUNassessment, report損失評估/報告control, limitation (especially BrE) 損失控制/限制Serious damage control was needed after the information was leaked to the papers.信息洩露給報界後,需要採取嚴格的損失控制措施。The attempt at stopping the floods turned into a damage-limitation exercise.阻止洪水的奮戰變成了一場盡可能控制損失的演練。PREPOSITIONdamage by由⋯引起的損害The building suffered extensive damage by fire in 1925.這座建築在 1925 年因火災遭到了大面積的損毀。damage from來自⋯的傷害Crops are sprayed with chemicals to prevent damage from insects.莊稼噴上了農藥預防蟲害。damage to對⋯的破壞lasting damage to the environment對環境的持久破壞PHRASESthe cost of the damage損失的代價The cost of the damage is estimated at around $2 billion.損失估計約有 20 億美元。the damage is done事已至此(已無法挽回)Don't try to apologize-the damage is done.別道歉了 - 已於事無補了。the extent of the damage損害的程度At the moment it is difficult to assess the extent of the damage.損毀程度目前還很難估計。
damage

noun²

2damages money you can claim from sb損害賠償金ADJECTIVE | VERB + DAMAGES | DAMAGES + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEcivil民事賠償金substantial巨額賠償金punitive懲罰性損害賠償金VERB + DAMAGESincur, suffer引發/遭受損害賠償damages incurred by the unfairly sacked workers不公平解僱工人引發的損害賠償claim, seek, sue (sb) for索賠;尋求賠償;起訴(某人)要求賠償He decided to sue the company for damages.他決定起訴這家公司要求賠償損失。assess確定賠償額The court will assess the damages.法庭將會評定損失賠償額。award (sb)判給(某人)損害賠償金pay (sb)賠償(某人)損失obtain, receive, recover, win獲得損害賠償金;收到損害賠償金be liable for, be liable in (BrE, both law法律) 有責任賠償損失If goods are lost in transit, the carrier will be liable for damages.貨物若在運輸途中丟失,承運人有責任賠償。DAMAGES + NOUNaction, claim損害賠償訴訟;索賠A woman is to bring a civil damages claim against the two men.一名女子要對這兩名男子提起民事賠償訴訟。award損害賠償金裁決PREPOSITIONin damage以賠償金形式They are claiming $5 million in damages.他們索賠 500 萬美元損失費。damage for為⋯的賠償He received damages for personal injury.他拿到了人身傷害賠償金。damage of⋯的賠償金She was awarded damages of £90 000.她得到 9 萬英鎊的賠償金。PHRASESan action for damages, a claim for damages索賠訴訟;索賠The judge upheld her claim for damages against her former employer.法官支持她向以前的僱主索賠。
damage

verb

ADVERBbadly, heavily, seriously, severely嚴重破壞The building was badly damaged by fire.這座建築遭到大火嚴重破壞。slightly輕微破壞irreparably, permanently不可彌補地破壞;永久性地破壞She may have damaged her health irreparably.她可能已經對自己的健康造成了不可彌補的傷害。
IELTS BNC: 1074 COCA: 1522
damage

noun

damage ♦︎ harm ♦︎ detrimentThese are all words for the bad effects on sb/sth of an accident, crime, disease or other unfortunate event. 這些詞均表示不幸事件造成的傷害、損害。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配damage / harm / detriment to sthdamage / harm from sthgreat / serious / severe / lasting / long-term / environmental damage / harm / detrimentreal / irreparable / permanent / physical / bodily / personal / emotional / psychological damage / harmto cause / do / inflict / suffer / escape / prevent damage / harmdamage / harm results from sth damage [uncountable] the fact of sth being broken or spoiled, or the pain or suffering felt by sb, as a result of an accident, crime, disease or other unfortunate event 破壞;損害;傷害The earthquake caused damage to property estimated at $60 million.估計地震造成6 000萬元的財産損失。We assessed the storm damage.我們估算了暴風雨所造成的損失。He was hit by a car and suffered severe brain damage.他被汽車撞了,腦部嚴重受傷。I insist on paying for the damage.我堅持要賠償損失。I'm going-I've done enough damage here already.我走了,我在這裏造成的損害已經夠多了。 see also damaging harmful harm [uncountable] damage or suffering caused to sb/sth 傷害;損害The accident could have been worse; luckily no harm was done.這次事故本來可能糟糕得多,所幸沒有造成損傷。The treatment they gave him did him more harm than good.他們的治療反而使他病情加重了。Hard work never did anyone any harm.努力工作對任何人都絕無害處。He may look fierce, but he means no harm.他也許看上去很兇,但並無惡意。Don't worry, we'll see that the children come to no harm.别擔心,我們會保證孩子們安然無恙。I prefer the children to play in the garden where they're out of harm's way.我比較喜歡讓孩子在花園裏玩耍,因爲那裏安全。 see also harmful harmful NOTE 辨析 Damage or harm?Use damage to talk about the effects of storms, floods, fire, etc. on buildings and other objects. 表示暴風雨、洪水、火災等給建築物或其他物體造成的破壞用damagestorm / flood / fire / smoke / bomb / structural damage暴風雨/洪水破壞;火災損失;煙霧熏壞;炸彈毀壞;結構破壞Use damage to talk about the physical state of unhealthy organs in the body. 表示體内器官受損用damageliver / kidney / lung / brain damage肝/腎/肺/腦損傷Use damage or harm to talk about mental or emotional suffering. 表示精神或感情上受傷害用damage或harmemotional / psychological / social damage / harm感情/心理/社會傷害Use harm in a number of fixed phrases (see above) to express opinions about what or who may cause harm, or whether harm has been caused. * harm用於一些固定短語(如上),表達認爲什麽(或誰)可能造成傷害,或是否已經造成傷害。 detriment ˈdetrɪmənt [uncountable, countable, usually singular] (formal) the act of causing harm or damage; sth that causes harm or damage 傷害;損害;造成傷害(或損害)的事物Wood accounts for 90% of energy production in some countries, with consequent environmental detriment.有些國家90%的能源産自木材,因而給環境造成了破壞。He was engrossed in the job to the detriment of his health.他全力投入工作,結果損害了健康。The tax cannot be introduced without detriment to people's living standards.征收該稅勢必會影響到大衆的生活水平。 see also detrimental harmful damage

verb

damage ♦︎ hurt ♦︎ harm ♦︎ impair ♦︎ compromiseThese words all mean to have a bad effect on sb/sth. 這些詞均表示傷害或損害某人或某事物。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配to damage / hurt / harm / impair / compromise sb's chancesto damage / hurt / harm / compromise sb's reputationto damage / hurt / harm sb's interests / imageto damage / harm / impair / compromise sb's healthto seriously damage / hurt / harm / impair / compromise sb / sthto greatly damage / hurt / harm / impair sb / sthto severely / badly damage / hurt / impair sb / sth damage [transitive] to cause physical harm to sth, making it less attractive, useful or valuable; to have a bad effect on sb/sth's life, health, happiness or chances of success 破壞;毀壞;損害;傷害Several vehicles were damaged in the crash.數輛汽車在撞車事故中損毀了。Smoking seriously damages your health.吸煙嚴重損害健康。The allegations are likely to damage his political career.這些指控很可能損害他的政治生涯。He works with emotionally damaged children.他的工作是幫助有情感創傷的兒童。 see also damaging harmful hurt (hurt, hurt) [transitive] (rather informal) to have a bad effect on sb/sth's life, health, happiness or chances of success 損害;傷害;打擊Many people on low incomes will be hurt by the government's plans.很多低收入者將會受到政府這些方案的打擊。Hard work never hurt anyone.努力工作對任何人都絕無害處。High interest rates are hurting the local economy.高利率正在損害本地經濟。 harm [transitive] to hurt sb/sth 傷害;損害Pollution can harm marine life.污染會危及海洋生物。These revelations will harm her chances of winning the election.這些揭露的事實將削弱她在選舉中的勝算。 see also harmful harmful NOTE 辨析 Damage, hurt or harm? Hurt is slightly less formal than damage or harm, especially when it is used in negative statements. 與damage或harm相比,hurt稍顯非正式,特别是用於否定陳述時It won't hurt him to have to wait a bit.等一小會兒對他不會有什麽損害。These prices won't hurt your wallet.這些價格不會令你的荷包大出血。It won't damage/harm him to have to wait a bit. These prices won't damage/harm your wallet. Harm is also often used to talk about ways in which things in the natural world such as birds, animals, wildlife and the environment are affected by human activity; people also talk about how an action may harm an unborn child/baby or a foetus. * harm後常接bird、animal、wildlife和environment等詞,表示人類活動對自然界中生物和環境的影響;也可接unborn child/baby或foetus等詞,表示某種行爲危害胎兒。 impair ɪmˈpeə(r); NAmE ɪmˈper [transitive] (rather formal) to damage sb's health, abilities or chances 損害;削弱There are a number of factors which can directly impair memory.有一些因素會直接損害記憶力。Even one drink can impair driving performance.即使喝一杯酒也足以影響駕駛操作。OPP improve improve 1 impaired

adjective

(used in compounds 用於複合詞) the problems faced by people who are visually / hearing impaired視力/聽力受損的人所面臨的問題
compromise ˈkɒmprəmaɪz; NAmE ˈkɑːmprəmaɪz [transitive] to bring sb/sth/yourself into danger or under suspicion, especially by acting in a way that is not very sensible (尤指因行爲不很明智)使陷入危險,使受到懷疑She has already compromised herself by accepting his invitation.她接受他的邀請,已經使她的聲譽受到損害。Defeat at this stage would compromise their chances of reaching the finals of the competition.在這個階段受挫會讓他們進入決賽的機會變少。
IELTS BNC: 1074 COCA: 1522
damage
Destruction and damage: damage, destruction, harm...
Psychological processes: catharsis, complex, conditioning...
Faults: fault, defect, weakness...
To damage or spoil something: damage, spoil, mark...

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