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damage + noun
The storm damaged many houses.
暴风雨损坏了许多房屋。
损坏；损害；伤害
damages — third person singular of damage
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
损坏；损害；伤害
to harm or break something
The storm damaged many houses.
暴风雨损坏了许多房屋。
To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
To remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing.
damage
Base
原形
damages
3rd person
第三人称单数
damaging
-ing
现在分词
damaged
Past
过去式
damaged
Past participle
过去分词
He damages property.
他损坏财产。
The storm damaged the roof.
风暴损坏了屋顶。
They have damaged the car.
他们损坏了汽车。
The storm damaged the roof of our house.
暴风雨损坏了我们家的屋顶。
Be careful not to damage the furniture when you move it.
搬动家具时小心不要损坏它。
Smoking can damage your health.
吸烟会损害你的健康。
The storm damaged many houses.
暴风雨损坏了许多房屋。
He damaged the engine by ignoring the warning light.
他因忽视警示灯而损坏了发动机。
被动结构常用于描述状态。
The goods were damaged during transport.
货物在运输过程中受损。
Not this
The storm damaged to the house.
Use this
The storm damaged the house.
damage 是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词 to。
Not this
The storm made damage to the house.
Use this
The storm damaged the house.
应该直接使用动词 damage，而不是用 make + damage 的名词形式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
损害环境
Pollution can seriously damage the environment.
污染会严重损害环境。
损害某人的名誉
The scandal damaged the company's reputation.
这起丑闻损害了公司的声誉。
损害健康
Smoking damages your health.
吸烟损害你的健康。
严重损坏
The storm severely damaged the roof.
暴风雨严重损坏了屋顶。
损害关系
The dispute damaged relations between the two countries.
这场争端损害了两国之间的关系。
损坏财物
Vandals damaged public property.
破坏者损坏了公共财物。
损失控制；善后补救
The company went into damage control after the scandal.
丑闻曝光后，公司开始采取补救措施。
附带损害；连带损伤
The new policy caused collateral damage to small businesses.
新政策对小企业造成了附带损害。
伤害已经造成；为时已晚
We tried to apologize, but the damage is done.
我们试图道歉，但伤害已经造成了。
Use damages naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想记忆：dam（水坝）+ age（岁月），水坝经年累月被侵蚀而损坏。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、新闻报道、正式写作 该词通常为中性用语，口语和书面语中都很常见；多用于表示物体、健康或抽象事物（如名誉、关系）受到损害，正式与非正式场合均适用。
No common word rhymes exactly with damage (/ˈdæmɪdʒ/): its stressed rime is /æmɪdʒ/. The useful lookalikes below all end in -age and many keep the final /ɪdʒ/ sound, but each has a different consonant before /ɪdʒ/ or a different stressed vowel, so they are not true rhymes.
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