Word · Frequency #20460
disservice
损害;帮倒忙
核心释义
an action that harms or is unhelpful
- 1.
造成损害的服务;无益有害的行为。
Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
造成损害的服务;无益有害的行为。;伤害;帮倒忙的行为
用法In use
If you hide your real opinion, you are doing your colleague a disservice.
用法提示:disservice 为名词,在 do someone a disservice 搭配中表示使某人受损的行为。
Keeping the bad news from him was a disservice, not an act of kindness.
用法提示:disservice 用作可数名词,意为“有害的行为”。
The short article did the charity a disservice by giving outdated details.
用法提示:在 did the charity a disservice 结构中,disservice 作宾语,表示造成损害的行为。
do somebody a disservice
这是最常见的固定搭配,表示表面帮忙实则损害对方。
By repeating the rumor, you’re doing her a disservice.
你重复这个谣言,实际上是在给她帮倒忙。
be a disservice to somebody/something
主语通常是行为、决定等,后面接受影响的人或事物。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- do someone a disservice
- 帮某人倒忙;损害某人
- Telling her the truth so bluntly did her a disservice.那么直白地告诉她真相,反而帮了倒忙。
- do a disservice to something
- 对某事造成损害
- The film does a disservice to the book.这部电影损害了原著。
- a great disservice
- 极大的损害;严重的帮倒忙
- The false report did the charity a great disservice.那篇虚假报道对慈善机构造成了极大的损害。
- do oneself a disservice
- 给自己帮倒忙;对自己不利
- By refusing to listen, you are doing yourself a disservice.拒绝倾听,你就是在给自己帮倒忙。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
拆开看:dis(否定)+ service(服务)→ 看似服务,实则损害,即帮倒忙。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:正式写作与演讲、日常评论与讨论 该词多用于正式或书面语境,但“do someone a disservice”这一搭配在日常讨论中也不少见。选择时可根据搭配和场合判断。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
只有 service 与 disservice 构成真正韵脚(第二个音节均为 /sɜːvɪs/)。其他拼写相近的词发音不同:device、advice、vice 都以 -vice 结尾,但读 /vaɪs/;novice 结尾是 /vɪs/,但重音在前;surface 拼写和重音相近,但用 /f/ 而非 /v/。
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