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TOEFL BNC: 3189 COCA: 3651

harm
1 harm /ˈhɑɚm/ noun
1 harm
/ˈhɑɚm/
noun
Learner's definition of HARM
[noncount]
: physical or mental damage or injury : something that causes someone or something to be hurt, broken, made less valuable or successful, etc.损害；伤害；危害

harm's way

: a dangerous place or situation危险的境地

no harm done

informal
— used to tell someone that no apology or concern is necessary because no damage has been done没关系；没什么大碍
2 harm /ˈhɑɚm/ verb
harms; harmed; harming
2 harm
/ˈhɑɚm/
verb
harms; harmed; harming
Learner's definition of HARM
[+ object]
: to cause hurt, injury, or damage to (someone or something) : to cause harm to (someone or something)危害；伤害；损害（某人或某事物）
Synonyms see: injure
TOEFL BNC: 3189 COCA: 3651

harm

1 of 2

noun

ˈhärm How to pronounce harm (audio)
1
: physical or mental damage : injury
the amount of harm sustained by the boat during the storm
2
: mischief, hurt
I meant you no harm.

harm

2 of 2

verb

harmed; harming; harms

transitive verb

: to damage or injure physically or mentally : to cause harm (see harm entry 1) to
No animals were harmed in the making of the film.
the national interest … was gravely harmed by this attack Elmer Davis
harmer noun

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Choose the Right Synonym for harm

injure, harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar mean to affect injuriously.

injure implies the inflicting of anything detrimental to one's looks, comfort, health, or success.

badly injured in an accident

harm often stresses the inflicting of pain, suffering, or loss.

careful not to harm the animals

hurt implies inflicting a wound to the body or to the feelings.

hurt by their callous remarks

damage suggests injury that lowers value or impairs usefulness.

a table damaged in shipping

impair suggests a making less complete or efficient by deterioration or diminution.

years of smoking had impaired his health

mar applies to injury that spoils perfection (as of a surface) or causes disfigurement.

the text is marred by many typos

Example Sentences

Noun They threatened him with bodily harm. The scandal has done irreparable harm to his reputation. She'll do anything to protect her children from harm. They have suffered serious physical harm. These new regulations could cause lasting harm to small businesses. Verb He would never intentionally harm his children. chemicals that could harm the environment The scandal has seriously harmed his reputation. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Women, meanwhile, disproportionately suffer from harm within their households. Jose A. Del Real, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 America’s energy industry isolated the nation from significant harm. Paul Podolsky, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022 But city officials noted that researchers are increasingly concerned about accumulation in soil because the chemicals linger indefinitely and can cause harm at extremely low levels. Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022 Etowah County Deputy District Attorney Carol Griffith said the bond conditions protect Burns’ children from the harm caused by parental drug abuse. al, 7 Sep. 2022 The facility had further failed to protect them from harm and provide adequate health and psychiatric care, the DOJ found. Molly Parker, ProPublica, 7 Sep. 2022 Whether those safeguards will arrive in time to save us all from serious harm remains to be seen. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 Members of the public have no constitutional right to sue public employees who fail to protect them from harm inflicted by third parties, the judge noted. oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022 Those with an iPhone X or previous model who find that their battery is always running low will appreciate this battery case from Mophie that will keep your phone away from harm while also giving it some extra juice! Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2022
Verb
Intellectually, my brain knows that a red spider in Alabama probably will not harm me. Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2022 Companies also won’t know what to expect during the next slate of auctions, and uncertainty means higher bids, which Dynegy argues will harm customers in the long term. Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022 The late addition of oil and gas initiatives to the Inflation Reduction Act helped Democrats pass the sweeping legislation, but advocates for people of color and low-income communities fear the compromise will harm those groups. Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2022 Critics of the legislation argue that it is falsely branded, will harm the economy, and further increase government intervention in the economy in favor of some industries over others. Joe Silverstein, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2022 Pebble opponents have said pollution from the mine will harm what is the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery, which is enjoying record runs again this summer. Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2022 In Riverbend Park, surrounded by tall, pale ash trunks, Killian explained how the bug will harm around 2,000 ash trees — 11% of the tree inventory — in Corvallis’ public spaces. Madi Lietz And Aliannah Shalikar, oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2022 The Schumer-Manchin bill is full of measures that will harm Chamber companies. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022 Deadbug Brew with the active ingredient of Spinosad is an organic pesticide that targets chilli thrips and will not harm ladybugs, green lacewings, minute pirate bugs and predatory mites. Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English, from Old English hearm; akin to Old High German harm injury, Old Church Slavonic sramŭ shame

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of harm was before the 12th century

Phrases Containing harm
TOEFL BNC: 3189 COCA: 3651
harm

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + HARM | HARM + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤considerable, great, serious, untold (especially BrE) 巨大的傷害；嚴重的損害；難以估計的損害◇He was clearly intent on inflicting serious harm on someone.他顯然是存心嚴重傷害他人。➤irreparable, lasting, permanent無法彌補的傷害；永久的傷害▸➤emotional, mental, physical, psychological情感上的／精神上的／身體上的／心理上的傷害◇elderly people in danger of physical or emotional harm身心可能受到傷害的老人➤economic, environmental經濟損害；環境危害VERB + HARM➤cause, do, inflict造成傷害；使遭受傷害◇The huge fall in exports has done a great deal of harm to the economy.出口的大幅下滑已經給經濟造成了極大的損害。➤mean (sb), wish sb有意傷害 ( 某人 ) ；希望某人受到傷害◇I'm sorry if I upset you－I didn't mean any harm.很抱歉令你生氣 － 不過我沒有惡意。◇No one wishes you harm.沒人想傷害你。➤come to, suffer受到傷害◇I don't think he'll come to any harm if his mother is with him.如果有他媽媽相陪，我想他不會受到任何傷害。➤keep sb from, prevent, protect sb from, shield sb from使某人免受傷害；防止損害；保護某人免受傷害◇The children were removed from their parents to prevent harm to them.這些孩子被帶離了父母，以防受到傷害。◇She tried to shield her child from harm.她盡力保護自己的孩子免受傷害。HARM + VERB➤come to sb/sth損害到⋯◇I don't want any harm to come to these pictures.我不想這些畫有任何閃失。PREPOSITION➤harm from來自⋯的傷害◇babies at risk of serious harm from their parents有可能受到父母嚴重傷害的嬰兒➤harm to對⋯的損害◇the harm done to the environment對環境造成的危害PHRASES➤more harm than good弊大於利◇The drugs he was prescribed did him more harm than good.給他開的藥對他來說是弊大於利。➤out of harm's way在安全地帶◇The younger children were kept out of harm's way.年齡較小的孩子已經安排在安全的地方。
harm

verb

ADVERB | VERB + HARM ADVERB➤seriously嚴重傷害◇Misusing drugs in pregnancy can seriously harm your baby.妊娠期間誤用藥物會嚴重傷害胎兒。➤deliberately故意損害▸➤physically人身傷害VERB + HARM➤intend to, want to意圖傷害◇He claimed that he had not intended to harm the girl.他聲稱自己無意傷害那個女孩。➤try to試圖傷害

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