Word · Frequency #1074
damages
损坏；损害；伤害
damages is the third person singular of damage.
to harm or break something
- 1.
To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
- 2.
To remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing.
下架（损坏或无法销售的商品）；损害
In use
The storm damaged the roof of our house.
Be careful not to damage the furniture when you move it.
Smoking can damage your health.
damage + noun
The storm damaged many houses.
暴风雨损坏了许多房屋。
damage something by doing something
He damaged the engine by ignoring the warning light.
他因忽视警示灯而损坏了发动机。
be damaged
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。
Connections
Collocations
- damage the environment
- 损害环境
- Pollution can seriously damage the environment.污染会严重损害环境。
- damage someone's reputation
- 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。
- damage one's health
- 损害健康
- Smoking damages your health.吸烟损害你的健康。
- severely damage
- 严重损坏
- The storm severely damaged the roof.暴风雨严重损坏了屋顶。
- damage relations
- 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。
- damage property
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想记忆：dam（水坝）+ age（岁月），水坝经年累月被侵蚀而损坏。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.