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detrimental adj.有害的 Have you ever heard "Smoking may be detrimental to your health" and wondered what it meant? It means that smoking is bad for your health: it's going to harm you in a bunch of ways. Detrimental is a more official, formal way of talking about things that do harm. A dog who likes digging holes can be detrimental to a garden. If you're writing a paper and want to pick an alternative to harmful that sounds more formal, detrimental is a great choice. ★☆☆☆☆ 2001.4

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[ˌdetri'mentll] Detrimental is a formal way of saying "harmful." Anything detrimental hurts, hinders, or puts a damper on something. Detrimental things do damage. All these are beneficial, not detrimental, to consumers. As productivity grows, the world’s wealth increases. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]有害的；不利的 Something that is detrimental to something else has a harmful or damaging effect on it.   [oft ADJ to n]...foods suspected of being detrimental to health...被怀疑有害健康的食品The government's policy of high interest rates is having a detrimental effect on industry.政府的高利率政策正对工业产生不利影响。

英语单词	detrimental
英美音标	[ˌdetri'mentll]
中文释义	adj.有害的
vocab简明	Detrimental is a formal way of saying "harmful." Anything detrimental hurts, hinders, or puts a damper on something. Detrimental things do damage.
vocab扩展	Have you ever heard "Smoking may be detrimental to your health" and wondered what it meant? It means that smoking is bad for your health: it's going to harm you in a bunch of ways. Detrimental is a more official, formal way of talking about things that do harm. A dog who likes digging holes can be detrimental to a garden. If you're writing a paper and want to pick an alternative to harmful that sounds more formal, detrimental is a great choice.
真题原句	All these are beneficial, not detrimental, to consumers. As productivity grows, the world’s wealth increases.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]有害的；不利的 Something that is detrimental to something else has a harmful or damaging effect on it. [oft ADJ to n] ...foods suspected of being detrimental to health... 被怀疑有害健康的食品 The government's policy of high interest rates is having a detrimental effect on industry. 政府的高利率政策正对工业产生不利影响。
来源	2001.4

Detrimental Formal Things Harmful Effect ˌdetri'mentll Adj.有害的 Hurts