| 单词 | disservice |
| 释义 | disservice (dɪssɜːʳvɪs ) singular noun If you do someone or something a disservice, you harm them in some way. [formal] He said the protesters were doing a disservice to the nation. [+ to] You could do yourself a grave disservice by revealing all to a potential rival. Synonyms: wrong, injury, harm, injustice Collocations: great disservice The league tables do schools - and liberal education - a great disservice. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Angry that I was doing older people such a great disservice. Times, Sunday Times (2014) I feel like the media is doing a great disservice to all the orphans of Africa. Times, Sunday Times (2006) We do our young people a great disservice by not teaching languages in a more rigorous, consistent and inspired fashion. Times, Sunday Times (2010) But that was to do a great disservice to one of the more ambitious and honest characters in English football. Times, Sunday Times (2007) She does herself, and society as a whole, a huge disservice in the continuing battle to ensure that both men and women show each other mutual respect. The Sun (2014) Politicians of all parties are doing us a huge disservice in the run-up to the referendum. Times, Sunday Times (2014) For me to give up and be too upset would be doing a huge disservice to all he sacrificed for us. The Sun (2014) And to treat it as such is doing women in the workplace a huge disservice. The Sun (2015) |
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