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TOEFL BNC: 3032 COCA: 3721

injure

injure /ˈɪnʤɚ/ verb
injures; injured; injuring
injure
/ˈɪnʤɚ/
verb
injures; injured; injuring
Learner's definition of INJURE
[+ object]
: to harm or damage (someone or something)伤害;损害
Synonyms同义词
injure, hurt, harm, damage, and impair mean to cause something or someone to no longer be healthy or in good condition.*injure、hurt,harm、damage和impair均指使某事或某人不健康或处于不良状态。
injure is usually used when the body of a person or animal has been harmed by something, such as an accident.*injure通常用于表示人或动物的身体因某事物(如事故)而受到伤害。
hurt and harm are both often used to mean the same thing as
injure , but
hurt often emphasizes physical or emotional pain.*hurt和harm常与injure意思相同,但hurt常强调对身体或情感的伤害。
harm often emphasizes a bad change in health.*harm常强调对健康的危害。
damage is often used when something loses value or becomes less useful.*damage常用于表示某物失去价值或功能。
impair suggests that something has been made weaker or worse.*impair意指某物被损害或削弱。
TOEFL BNC: 3032 COCA: 3721

injure

verb

in·​jure ˈin-jər How to pronounce injure (audio)
injured; injuring ˈin-j(ə-)riŋ How to pronounce injure (audio)

transitive verb

1
a
: to inflict bodily hurt on
b
: to impair the soundness of
injured her health
c
: to inflict material damage or loss on
2
a
: to harm, impair, or tarnish the standing of
injured his reputation
b
: to give pain to
injure a person's pride
c
: to do an injustice to : wrong
injurer noun

Synonyms

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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

She fell and injured herself. She fell and slightly injured her arm. Several people were badly injured in the accident.
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English enjuren, from Anglo-French *enjurer, from Late Latin injuriare, from Latin injuria injury

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2c

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The first known use of injure was in the 15th century
TOEFL BNC: 3032 COCA: 3721
injure

verb¹

1harm yourself/sb physically傷害身體ADVERBbadly, seriously, severely重傷;嚴重傷害slightly輕微地傷害physically傷害身體accidentally意外傷害insurance to cover you in case one of your employees accidentally injures someone員工意外傷害他人時替雇主予以賠付的保險deliberately故意傷害permanently永久性地傷害
injure

verb²

2damage sb's reputation, pride, etc.損害名譽;挫傷自尊心ADVERB | VERB + INJURE ADVERBseriously, severely嚴重損害This incident could seriously injure the company's reputation.這一事件可能會嚴重損害公司的聲譽。VERB + INJUREbe likely to很可能損害espionage activity which was likely to injure the national interest很有可能損害國家利益的間諜活動

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