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
- This will not impair vehicle handling.
这不会对车辆操控造成影响。 - 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。 - Extreme stress can impair the development of the nervous and immune systems.
极度紧张有可能损害神经和免疫系统发育。 - Does it not impair the credibility of the Vedas?
这是否会损害吠陀经的可靠性？ - Conventional risk assessment reports focus on what risks might impair investors 'confidence in a company.
传统的风险评估报告，关注重点是何种风险可能损害投资者对公司的信心。 - Also common are depression and anxiety, which Dr Pierides says can impair capacity to make decisions.
抑郁和焦虑也是常见的问题。皮耶里德斯说，这些问题会损害他们的决策能力。 - For I impair not beauty being mute.
因为我做哑巴对美毫无损减。 - 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。 - If mercury, lead and PCBs impair intellectual development, then less should be more.
要是水银、铅和多氯联苯会损及智能发展，就应该少碰为妙。 - 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。