damaging
damaging — 形容詞
- damagingpositive
- more damagingcomparative
- most damagingsuperlative
1. producing physical injury, financial loss, or reputational harm to someone or so
有害的
對人或事物造成傷害或負面影響的
producing physical injury, financial loss, or reputational harm to someone or something — for example, a damaging storm that destroys buildings, or damaging rumours that ruin a person's standing
The damaging floodwaters swept away several houses in Daichi's village, leaving families homeless.
那場具有破壞性的洪水沖走了 Daichi 村莊的幾棟房屋，導致許多家庭無家可歸。
attributive use: damaging + noun phrase
The lawyer's damaging questions during the trial made the witness cry.
律師在審判中提出的破壞性問題讓證人哭了出來。
Damaging gossip can ruin a person's career even if it is not true.
有害的謠言即使不是真的，也能毀掉一個人的職業生涯。
attributive use: damaging at sentence start
It was damaging for Sana to lose her job just before her daughter's wedding.
在女兒婚禮前失業，對 Sana 造成了很大的打擊。
predicative use: it + be + damaging + for + to-infinitive
The report proved damaging to the school's image among local families.
這份報告對該學校在家長中的形象造成了損害。
predicative use with preposition: prove damaging to [noun]
- damaging allegations
- damaging effects
- damaging evidence
- damaging to reputation
- damaging to health
- damaging remarks
- harmful
the most general synonym; implies any negative effect, often less severe than damaging
- destructive
stronger than damaging; suggests serious or total ruin
- detrimental
formal register, frequently used in academic, legal, or medical contexts
- beneficial
producing good rather than harmful effects
- harmless
not causing any injury or damage
文法句型
damaging + noun
be/prove/become + damaging + to + noun phrase
用法筆記
Commonly followed by to + noun phrase to indicate what is affected (e.g., damaging to one's reputation). Can be used both before a noun (attributive) and after linking verbs such as be, become, or prove (predicative).
常見錯誤
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常見搭配
常用片語
- damaging to one's reputation
- damaging to the environment