Word · Frequency #18774
hurtful
伤人的；伤感情的
核心释义
Causing emotional pain; unkind or insulting to someone.
- 1.
有害的；致伤的。
Tending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury.
- 2.
伤感情的；侮辱性的。
Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting; lacerating.
有害的；造成损害的；有害的；致伤的。；伤感情的；侮辱性的。；造成损害的；伤感情的
用法In use
She said something hurtful to her best friend and immediately regretted it.
用法提示：hurtful 是形容词，意为“伤感情的、伤人的”，在这里作定语修饰 something。
His hurtful comments about her appearance made everyone feel uncomfortable.
用法提示：hurtful 作定语修饰 comments，表示“侮辱性的、伤人的”。
I know you didn't mean it, but that joke was quite hurtful.
用法提示：hurtful 在句中作表语，表示“伤人的，令人难过的”。
be hurtful to sb/sth
该结构既可指精神上的伤害，也可指对身体或健康的损害，但日常更常用于感情伤害。
His comments were hurtful to her.
他的评论对她很伤人。
it is hurtful for sb to do sth
此用法中 for 引出受影响的人，表示“对某人来说做某事很伤人”；不用 of。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- hurtful comments
- 伤人的话
- Her hurtful comments made him cry.她那伤人的话让他哭了。
- deeply hurtful
- 非常伤人的
- His refusal was deeply hurtful to her.他的拒绝让她深感受伤。
- hurtful behavior
- 伤人的行为
- Bullying is hurtful behavior that should be stopped.欺凌是伤人的行为，应该被制止。
- hurtful to others
- 对他人造成伤害的
- He didn't realize his jokes were hurtful to others.他没有意识到自己的笑话会伤害别人。
- hurtful to the environment
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
hurt(伤害)+ful(充满)=充满伤害的，一句话像刺一样扎心，使人伤心。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：personal conversations、written descriptions of behavior hurtful 是中性常用词，既不算正式也不算口语俚语；多用于描述言语或行为令人伤心或造成伤害。日常交谈和书面文章里都自然，但通常更常见于谈论人际关系或评论他人言行的场景。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常用词与 hurtful (/ˈhɜːtfəl/) 完全同韵。下面这些词拼写都以 -tful 结尾，但重读元音不同（如 /ɔː, aʊ, ɛ, æ, aɪ/），所以并不押韵。
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