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Pernicious Influence Turn I 英 Pə'Nɪʃəs] 美 Pər'nɪʃəs Adj.有害的;恶性的

英语单词 pernicious
英美音标 英 [pə'nɪʃəs] 美 [pər'nɪʃəs]
中文释义 adj.有害的;恶性的
英语例句 (1) This event had a pernicious influence on society.
(2) Pollution of the water supply reached a level pernicious to the health of the population.
(3) Lack of intrinsic factor can result in pernicious anemia.
中文例句 (1) 这件事情对社会造成了有害的影响。
(2) 水源污染已经达到危及居民健康的程度。
(3) 缺乏内源因素可导致恶性贫血。
vocabulary简明 Pernicious means harmful and subtle, such as a poison gas that causes cancer in those exposed to it over the course of years.
vocabulary扩展 Pernicious comes from the Latin perniciosus, for destructive, which in turn comes from pernicies, for death or ruin. You might have heard your parents and teachers talk about the pernicious effects of watching too much TV and playing video games all day––they'll turn your brain to mush.
柯林斯解释
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[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;恶性的 If you describe something as pernicious, you mean that it is very harmful.
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • I did what I could, but her mother's influence was pernicious...

    我已尽力了,但是她母亲贻害颇深。

  • There is a pernicious culture of excellence: everything has to be not merely good but the best.

    对于优秀存在着一种认识的误区:一切都务求最好。

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