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单词 damage
释义 damage
 —damageable,  adj.   —damageableness, damageability,  n.   —damager,  n.  
 /dam"ij/,  n.  ,  v.  , damaged, damaging.
  n.  
  1. injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness: The storm did considerable damage to the crops.
  2. damages, Law. the estimated money equivalent for detriment or injury sustained.
  3. Often, damages. Informal. cost; expense; charge: What are the damages for the lubrication job on my car?
  v.t.  
  4. to cause damage to; injure or harm; reduce the value or usefulness of: He damaged the saw on a nail.
  v.i.  
  5. to become damaged: Soft wood damages easily.
 [1250-1300; ME < OF, equiv. to dam ( < L damnum damage, fine) + -age -AGE; see DAMN]
 Syn. 1. loss. DAMAGE, DETRIMENT, HARM, MISCHIEF refer to injuries of various kinds. DAMAGE is the kind of injury or the effect of injury that directly impairs appearance, value, usefulness, soundness, etc.: Fire causes damage to property. DETRIMENT is a falling off from an original condition as the result of damage, depreciation, devaluation, etc.: Overeating is a detriment to health. HARM may denote either physical hurt or mental, moral, or spiritual injury: bodily harm; harm to one's self-confidence. MISCHIEF may be damage, harm, trouble, or misfortune caused by a person, esp. if maliciously: an enemy who would do one mischief. 4. impair, hurt.
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