impair
英 [ɪmˈpeə(r)]
美 [ɪmˈper]
v. 损害; 削弱
过去分词：impaired 过去式：impaired 第三人称单数：impairs 现在分词：impairing
Collins.1 / BNC.7785 / COCA.7440
同义词辨析
harmdamagehurtimpair【导航词义：伤害，损害】
harmv. 伤害，损害
〔辨析〕
用于人、动物或环境，也可用于名誉或形象，程度较轻。
〔例证〕
The kidnappers didn't harm the little boy.
绑匪没有伤害那个小男孩。
Don't harm your eyes by reading in dim light.
不要在昏暗的灯光下看书，以免损害眼睛。
This machine can handle chemicals that harm the environment.
这台机器能够处理损害环境的化学物品。
His failures harmed his reputation.
他屡次失败使他的声誉受损。
绑匪没有伤害那个小男孩。
Don't harm your eyes by reading in dim light.
不要在昏暗的灯光下看书，以免损害眼睛。
This machine can handle chemicals that harm the environment.
这台机器能够处理损害环境的化学物品。
His failures harmed his reputation.
他屡次失败使他的声誉受损。
damagev. 损害，毁坏
〔辨析〕
可以用于某物或某人的身体，表示使之失去价值或功能；也可用于感情、信心等，表示产生不良影响。
〔例证〕
The early frost damaged the crops.
早霜把庄稼给毁了。
His car was damaged in a collision.
他的汽车被撞坏了。
Smoking can damage your health.
吸烟会损害健康。
More attention should be given to emotionally damaged children.
感情受到伤害的儿童应该得到更多关注。
早霜把庄稼给毁了。
His car was damaged in a collision.
他的汽车被撞坏了。
Smoking can damage your health.
吸烟会损害健康。
More attention should be given to emotionally damaged children.
感情受到伤害的儿童应该得到更多关注。
hurtv. 受伤；损害，伤害
〔辨析〕
指身体、感情等受到伤害，侧重于感到疼痛，也可指产生不良影响，程度可轻可重。
〔例证〕
He hurt his right leg badly in the football match.
在那场足球赛中，他的右腿受了重伤。
He hurt her feelings.
他伤害了她的感情。
Unfair competition has hurt the company's position in the market.
不公平竞争已经对这家公司的市场地位造成损害。
在那场足球赛中，他的右腿受了重伤。
He hurt her feelings.
他伤害了她的感情。
Unfair competition has hurt the company's position in the market.
不公平竞争已经对这家公司的市场地位造成损害。
impairv. 损害，削弱
〔辨析〕
指使情况变得更糟、价值更小等。
〔例证〕
Smoking impaired his health.
吸烟使他的健康变得更糟。
His vision was impaired.
他的视力变差了。
吸烟使他的健康变得更糟。
His vision was impaired.
他的视力变差了。
牛津词典
verb
- 损害；削弱
to damage sth or make sth worse
柯林斯词典
- VERB 损害;妨碍;削弱
If somethingimpairssomething such as an ability or the way something works, it damages it or makes it worse.- Consumption of alcohol impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery...
饮酒会削弱你驾驶汽车或操控机器的能力。 - His movements were painfully impaired by arthritis.
他行动不便，深受关节炎之苦。
- Consumption of alcohol impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery...
英英释义
verb
- make worse or less effective
- His vision was impaired
- make imperfect
- nothing marred her beauty
双语例句
- Undernutrition in the early years of life can also impair long-term cognitive development and productivity at work.
生命早期的营养不足还能削弱长期认知发育和工作时的生产力。 - Sleep deprivation can impair motor skills as much as alcohol intoxication can.
缺乏睡眠会损害人的肌肉运动技能，其程度同酒精中毒一样。 - Stress can increase your risk of heart disease, impair memory, and kill brain cells.
压力会增加心脏病的几率、导致记忆力衰退，杀死你的脑细胞。 - Any monopolized activities which impair fair competition can be curbed by such a law.
任何对公平竞争有害的垄断行为都可以通过这样的法律来加以抑制。 - His movements were painfully impaired by arthritis.
他行动不便，深受关节炎之苦。 - This will not impair vehicle handling.
这不会对车辆操控造成影响。 - We allow nothing to impair the quality of our products.
我们不许任何东西使我们的产品质量受损。 - The condition does not seem to impair his ability to work.
这样的条件似乎没有削弱他的工作能力。 - They also impair IQ, cognition and memory, and therefore school performance.
它们也损害智商、认知和记忆力，因此影响到在校表现。 - To mar is to injure or damage; to spoil, disfigure, or impair.
损害，就是伤害或毁坏、破坏、使之变形或削弱。