detrimental

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det·ri·men·tal /ˌdetrəˈmentl◂/ adjectiveadj formal

HARM/BE BAD FORcausing harm or damage 有害的，不利的 SYN harmful, damaging

detrimental to

Smoking is detrimental to your health.

吸烟有害健康。

the detrimental effect of pollution on the environment

污染对环境的不利影响

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—detrimentally adverbadv

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detrimental• In 15 of the 37 cases, strong stemming decreased precision, but the cross-referencing was never detrimental.• She added that any attempt to restrict the availability of parents could have a detrimental effect on children.• The application with the particularly detrimental effect on operators' jobs was the biscuit dough mixing automation.• At the same time, medical and social science research began to indicate that retirement itself had detrimental effects.• Long-acting drugs, like many sleeping pills, are especially detrimental to the elderly.• However, too much or little anxiety will always affect any performance in a detrimental way.

detrimental to• Smoking is detrimental to your health.

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