harm
noun OPAL W
/hɑːm/
/hɑːrm/
[uncountable]Idioms - damage or injury that is caused by a person or an event
伤害；损害 - He would never frighten anyone or cause them any harm.
他永远不会吓唬或伤害任何人。 - The accused clearly intended to inflict harm on him.
被告显然有意伤害他。 - He may look fierce, but he means no harm.
他可能看上去很凶，但并无恶意。 - harm to somebody/something No definite harm to human health has been determined.
还没有确定对人体健康有什么危害。 - The court case will do serious harm to my business.
这起诉讼案件将严重损害我的生意。 - The accident could have been much worse; luckily no harm was done.
这次事故本来可能糟糕得多；所幸没有造成伤害。 - Don't worry, we'll see that the children come to no harm.
别担心，我们会保证孩子们安然无恙的。 - I can't say I like Mark very much, but I don't wish him any harm.
我不能说我很喜欢马克，但我并不愿他受到伤害。 - Hard work never did anyone any harm.
努力工作对任何人都绝无害处。 - Look, we're just going out for a few drinks, where's the harm in that?
瞧，我们只不过要出去喝几杯，这有什么坏处？ - The treatment they gave him did him more harm than good.
他们的治疗对他弊多于利。
see also actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, self-harm- I don't think he'll come to any harm if his mother is with him.
如果有他妈妈相陪，我想他不会受到任何伤害。 - I don't want any harm to come to these pictures.
我不想这些画有任何闪失。 - I'm sorry if I upset you—I didn't mean any harm.
很抱歉令你生气 － 不过我没有恶意。 - She tried to shield her child from harm.
她尽力保护自己的孩子免受伤害。 - The children were removed from their parents to prevent harm to them.
这些孩子被带离了父母，以防受到伤害。 - babies at risk of serious harm from their parents
有可能受到父母严重伤害的婴儿 - elderly people in danger of physical or emotional harm
身心可能受到伤害的老人 - The region will suffer substantial economic harm as a result of this decision.
这一决定将给该地区带来巨大的经济损失。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- great
- serious
- …
- cause
- do
- inflict
- …
- come to somebody/something
- harm from
- harm to
- more harm than good
- out of harm’s way
词源Old English hearm (noun), hearmian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Harm and Old Norse harmr ‘grief, sorrow’. - He would never frighten anyone or cause them any harm.
Idioms
it wouldn’t do somebody any harm (to do something)
- used to suggest that it would be a good idea for somebody to do something
（做某事）不会对某人有坏处；不妨 - It wouldn't do you any harm to smarten yourself up.
你不妨打扮一下。
- It wouldn't do you any harm to smarten yourself up.
no harm done
- (informal) used to tell somebody not to worry because they have caused no serious damage or injury
没造成严重损害（或伤害） - Forget it, Dave, no harm done.
别放在心上，戴夫，没事儿的。
- Forget it, Dave, no harm done.
out of harm’s way
- in a safe place where somebody/something cannot be hurt or injured or do any damage to somebody/something
在安全的地方；被隔离 - She put the knife in a drawer, out of harm’s way.
为安全起见，她把刀放在抽屉里。 - I prefer the children to play in the garden where they’re out of harm’s way.
我比较喜欢让孩子在花园里玩耍，因为那里安全。
- She put the knife in a drawer, out of harm’s way.
there is no harm in (somebody’s) doing something | it does no harm (for somebody) to do something
- used to tell somebody that something is a good idea and will not cause any problems
做某事没有什么坏处 - He may say no, but there's no harm in asking.
他可能拒绝，但问一问也无妨。 - It does no harm to ask.
问一问也无妨。
- He may say no, but there's no harm in asking.