harmed
harmed — 動詞
- harmedpresent simple I / you / we / they
- harmeds3rd person singular
- harmeding-ing form
- harmededpast simple
1. To cause physical pain or emotional suffering to a person, or to spoil or physic
傷害；損害
對人或物造成傷害
To cause physical pain or emotional suffering to a person, or to spoil or physically damage something.
The strong cleaning chemicals harmed the surface of the old wooden table.
這種強力清潔劑傷害了那張舊木桌的表面。
harm + concrete object (inanimate)
Luis never meant to harm anyone with his careless remarks about their work.
Luis 從來無意用他對別人工作講的那些輕率話來傷害任何人。
If factory workers do not wear safety gloves, they could harm their hands badly.
如果工廠工人不戴安全手套，他們可能會嚴重傷害自己的雙手。
The early spring frost harmed the young tomato plants in Mr. Chen's garden.
早春的霜害傷害了陳先生花園裡那些幼小的番茄植株。
Dr. Okonkwo worried that the wrong medicine would harm his patient's liver.
Okonkwo 醫生擔心錯誤的藥物會傷害病人的肝臟。
文法句型
harm + noun phrase
用法筆記
Often used in safety warnings and environmental contexts. The passive construction 'be harmed by' is common when specifying the cause of the damage.
常見錯誤
harmed — 名詞
1. Physical or emotional injury, or damage to an object or situation, considered as
損傷；損害
生理或心理上的傷害結果
Physical or emotional injury, or damage to an object or situation, considered as a result rather than as an action.
After the car crash, the doctors told Priya that she had suffered no serious harm.
車禍之後，醫生告訴 Priya 她沒有受到什麼嚴重的傷害。
suffer + harm (physical injury result)
A little worry is normal, but constant anxiety can do real harm to a person's mental health.
一點點的擔心是正常的，但持續的焦慮確實會對一個人的心理健康造成傷害。
do + harm + to + something (emotional/psychological)
The heavy hailstorm did great harm to the rooftops and cars across the village.
那場嚴重的冰雹對全村屋頂和汽車造成了很大的損害。
Sunbathing without any protection can cause lasting harm to your skin.
不做任何防護的日光浴會對你的皮膚造成長期的傷害。
Aunt Rosa could see the harm that years of hard farm work had done to her mother's hands.
Rosa 阿姨看得出多年農田粗活對她母親的雙手造成了怎樣的傷害。
文法句型
do/cause/suffer + harm
harm + to + noun phrase
用法筆記
Uncountable in this sense — 'a harm' is incorrect outside specialised legal contexts. Common verb partners: 'do', 'cause', 'suffer', 'come to'.
常見錯誤
2. An act or intention to cause trouble, pain, or damage to someone or something, s
加害行為
蓄意或惡意的傷人舉動
An act or intention to cause trouble, pain, or damage to someone or something, seen as a behaviour rather than as a result.
The old man meant no harm; he was only trying to carry the heavy boxes for his neighbour.
那位老先生並無惡意；他只是想幫鄰居搬那些沉重的箱子。
set phrase: mean no harm
Kenji's older brother hid the video game out of mischief, not out of any real harm.
Kenji 的哥哥把電玩藏起來是出於調皮，並不是真的想害人。
Fatima's only wish was to protect her younger sister from harm while they walked home.
Fatima 唯一的願望就是走回家時保護妹妹不受傷害。
The charity's workers go into dangerous areas with the aim of doing no harm to local people.
這個慈善機構的工作人員進入危險地區時，秉持不對當地居民造成傷害的原則。
- mischief
less serious; often playful or childish
- wrongdoing
more formal and moral in tone
文法句型
mean + no + harm
do + noun phrase + harm
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (INJURY OR DAMAGE): this sense emphasises the act or intention to cause harm, not the resulting injury. The fixed expression 'mean no harm' always belongs to this sense — if someone 'means no harm', they act without harmful intention, even if damage results.
常見錯誤
3. Loss or damage affecting a person's legal rights, property, possessions, or gene
權益損害
對權利、財產的法律損失
Loss or damage affecting a person's legal rights, property, possessions, or general well-being, especially when assessed in a formal or legal context.
The court found that the factory's pollution had caused serious harm to local homeowners.
法院判定該工廠的汙染對當地屋主造成了嚴重的權益損害。
legal context: court finds harm caused
The new consumer law is designed to prevent harm to buyers who receive faulty products.
這項新的消費者保護法旨在防止購買到瑕疵產品的消費者受到權益損害。
The judge ruled that the company's unfair practices had caused measurable harm to its competitors.
法官裁定該公司不公平的商業行為對其競爭對手造成了可衡量的損害。
文法句型
harm + to + noun phrase
cause + noun phrase + harm
用法筆記
Typically found in legal, insurance, or formal regulatory writing. In this sense, 'harm' may occasionally be used as a countable noun ('the harms suffered by each plaintiff'), unlike the everyday sense 1.