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单词 damaging
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Definition of damaging in English:

damaging

adjectiveˈdamɪdʒɪŋˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ
  • 1Causing physical damage.

    new cars are less damaging to the environment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Raisins are a great source of powerful antioxidants, which can help ward off the damaging effects of free radicals produced during exercise.
    • To ignore the last two elements in the chain is, some would argue, more damaging than eschewing responsibility for the planet.
    • The plant outgrows the disease and symptoms are not apparent or at a damaging level.
    • Rapidly the mind takes on obsessive tendencies, worrying illogically about the damaging effects that lack of sleep will have on the day ahead.
    • Keep your security protection software up to date to combat the spread of damaging computer viruses.
    • Studies done on mice suggest that astragalus enhances tumor cell destruction, and helps protect against the damaging effects of chemotherapy and radiation.
    • Physical force exerted for the purpose of violating, damaging, or abusing.
    • This reduction in motion allowed the ear to be clamped gently, reducing potentially damaging vibrations.
    • Adults are free to make their own decisions, regardless of whether the result is damaging to their health.
    • Generating power through the use of fossil fuels is both unsustainable and environmentally damaging.
    • Australia's most damaging earthquake, a moderate 5.6 on the Richter scale, occurred in December 1989.
    • Ironically, CS spray, ostensibly introduced with the intention of protecting officers, may be damaging to health.
    • The next two years could see an enormously damaging swathe cut through the rich fabric of rural Wales.
    • Banning things which are damaging to health has logical conclusions, which extend far beyond smoking.
    • The sun can heat the edges of pots potentially damaging the roots.
    • To avoid the damaging effects of light on museum pieces, a museum is being built below grade.
    • There is no knowledge about the potentially damaging side effects of genetic changes.
    • The challenge to the lung is to accomplish that processing without inappropriate and potentially damaging inflammatory amplification.
    • These ships accounted for the sinking or damaging of a number of warships and merchant ships.
    • A long list of damaging agents or conditions is known to activate the synthesis of heat-shock proteins.
    1. 1.1 Having a detrimental effect on someone or something.
      damaging allegations of corruption
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This newspaper has argued that a protracted battle between two outstanding candidates is not inherently damaging to the Democrat cause.
      • Most damaging of all to this perfectly free society is its lack of a mechanism of correction.
      • The general, who stood guard at the scene, said that there were several damaging rumors circulating in the masses.
      • The marginalisation of basics has been one of the most damaging trends in contemporary educational theory.
      • The growing controversy surrounding the garda tyre deal must be damaging confidence in the force.
      • The result of the judge's ruling on evidence from Jackson's past has been more damaging than Gavin Arvizo's testimony could ever have been.
      • This is the devolution program and will have a very damaging effect on our treaty rights.
      • Detectives are considering whether to pursue a criminal inquiry against the Cabinet members in a further damaging blow to the Prime Minister.
      • Consider suppressing potentially damaging information from public view.
      • However, Lorimer believes the most damaging errors of judgement committed by O'Leary were on the field.
      • His trial collapsed after evidence emerged that the leaks, about the Government's involvement with radical Islamists, were not considered damaging.
      • Efforts to rein in supposedly damaging speculation have run the gamut from requiring futures exchanges to raise margins to an outright ban on trading.
      • Therefore we need to clear away the damaging public view of the party.
      • A more damaging effect followed the 1992 general election.
      • A second tainted election, followed by more bare-knuckled partisan conflict, Mr. Christopher said, would be far more damaging.
      • It was still hot news and damaging for Mr Brown.
      • Over recent years the loss of Government jobs in Lismore has had a damaging effect on our economy.
      • Institutional resistance would presumably be punished by the withdrawal of funds, which would be extremely damaging to Middle East centres especially.
      • A shorter life span is just one of the many damaging effects of poverty.
      • Your industry is often accused of being damaging to women, yet you assert that you are an active feminist.

Derivatives

  • damagingly

  • adverbˈdamɪdʒɪŋliˈdæmədʒɪŋli
    • His failure to grasp the purport and consequences of distinctively philosophical ideas becomes damagingly clear.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Government, meanwhile, remains damagingly silent over which areas are accessible and which not.
      • The King Canute mentality, which I believe is damagingly ingrained in City Hall, can no longer hold back the tide of change.
      • More damagingly, it has made a mockery of the entire inspection process.
      • The government then intervened, twice, and very damagingly, in the process of primary curriculum reform.
 
 

Definition of damaging in US English:

damaging

adjectiveˈdamijiNGˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ
  • 1Causing physical damage.

    new cars are less damaging to the environment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Raisins are a great source of powerful antioxidants, which can help ward off the damaging effects of free radicals produced during exercise.
    • Physical force exerted for the purpose of violating, damaging, or abusing.
    • Generating power through the use of fossil fuels is both unsustainable and environmentally damaging.
    • The sun can heat the edges of pots potentially damaging the roots.
    • Rapidly the mind takes on obsessive tendencies, worrying illogically about the damaging effects that lack of sleep will have on the day ahead.
    • The challenge to the lung is to accomplish that processing without inappropriate and potentially damaging inflammatory amplification.
    • Banning things which are damaging to health has logical conclusions, which extend far beyond smoking.
    • These ships accounted for the sinking or damaging of a number of warships and merchant ships.
    • There is no knowledge about the potentially damaging side effects of genetic changes.
    • Ironically, CS spray, ostensibly introduced with the intention of protecting officers, may be damaging to health.
    • The plant outgrows the disease and symptoms are not apparent or at a damaging level.
    • To ignore the last two elements in the chain is, some would argue, more damaging than eschewing responsibility for the planet.
    • Adults are free to make their own decisions, regardless of whether the result is damaging to their health.
    • A long list of damaging agents or conditions is known to activate the synthesis of heat-shock proteins.
    • Studies done on mice suggest that astragalus enhances tumor cell destruction, and helps protect against the damaging effects of chemotherapy and radiation.
    • Australia's most damaging earthquake, a moderate 5.6 on the Richter scale, occurred in December 1989.
    • The next two years could see an enormously damaging swathe cut through the rich fabric of rural Wales.
    • Keep your security protection software up to date to combat the spread of damaging computer viruses.
    • This reduction in motion allowed the ear to be clamped gently, reducing potentially damaging vibrations.
    • To avoid the damaging effects of light on museum pieces, a museum is being built below grade.
    1. 1.1 Having a detrimental effect on someone or something.
      damaging allegations of corruption
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Therefore we need to clear away the damaging public view of the party.
      • His trial collapsed after evidence emerged that the leaks, about the Government's involvement with radical Islamists, were not considered damaging.
      • A second tainted election, followed by more bare-knuckled partisan conflict, Mr. Christopher said, would be far more damaging.
      • The marginalisation of basics has been one of the most damaging trends in contemporary educational theory.
      • Detectives are considering whether to pursue a criminal inquiry against the Cabinet members in a further damaging blow to the Prime Minister.
      • Most damaging of all to this perfectly free society is its lack of a mechanism of correction.
      • It was still hot news and damaging for Mr Brown.
      • The growing controversy surrounding the garda tyre deal must be damaging confidence in the force.
      • A shorter life span is just one of the many damaging effects of poverty.
      • This is the devolution program and will have a very damaging effect on our treaty rights.
      • The result of the judge's ruling on evidence from Jackson's past has been more damaging than Gavin Arvizo's testimony could ever have been.
      • Consider suppressing potentially damaging information from public view.
      • A more damaging effect followed the 1992 general election.
      • Efforts to rein in supposedly damaging speculation have run the gamut from requiring futures exchanges to raise margins to an outright ban on trading.
      • However, Lorimer believes the most damaging errors of judgement committed by O'Leary were on the field.
      • This newspaper has argued that a protracted battle between two outstanding candidates is not inherently damaging to the Democrat cause.
      • Your industry is often accused of being damaging to women, yet you assert that you are an active feminist.
      • Over recent years the loss of Government jobs in Lismore has had a damaging effect on our economy.
      • The general, who stood guard at the scene, said that there were several damaging rumors circulating in the masses.
      • Institutional resistance would presumably be punished by the withdrawal of funds, which would be extremely damaging to Middle East centres especially.
 
 
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