| Title | harmful |
|---|---|
| Text |
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary harm·ful DATE 14th century : of a kind likely to be damaging : injurious • harm·ful·ness noun Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ harmful harm·ful / 5hB:mfl; NAmE 5hB:rmfl / adjective ~ (to sb / sth) causing damage or injury to sb / sth, especially to a person's health or to the environment (尤指对健康或环境)有害的,导致损害的: the harmful effects of alcohol 酒精的害处 Fruit juices can be harmful to children's teeth. 果汁可能损坏儿童的牙齿。 the sun's harmful ultra-violet rays 太阳的有害紫外线 Many household products are potentially harmful. 很多家用产品有潜在的害处。 • harm·fully / -fEli / adv. harm·ful·ness noun [U] Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English harmful adj. VERBS be | become | consider sth She actually considered fresh air harmful. ADV. extremely, particularly, positively, very These products are often positively harmful. | quite | possibly, potentially A lot of these chemicals are potentially very harmful. | allegedly | (not) necessarily Not all virus infections are necessarily harmful to vines. | intrinsically | environmentally, socially These pesticides are environmentally harmful. PREP. to pesticides that are harmful to the environment Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition adj. Function: adjective inflicting or capable of inflicting injury FF1C;a harmful drugFF1E; Synonyms: bad, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, evil, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, nocent, nocuous, prejudicial, prejudicious Related Words: baleful, baneful, malefic, malign, malignant, noisome, noxious, pernicious, toxic; insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome; dangerous, hazardous, risky, unsafe Contrasted Words: innocuous, inoffensive, nontoxic; beneficent, beneficial, benign, benignant, favorable, helpful, salutary, useful; safe, unhazardous Antonyms: harmless Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged harm·ful \ˈhärmfəl, ˈhȧm-\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from harm (I) + -ful : damaging , troublesome , injurious < harmful drug > < harmful influence > |
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.
Next card: Handsome a adjective b dialect marked synonyms handsome
Previous card: Harmless free adjective dictionary oxford harmless merriam-webster's collegiate
Up to card list: English learning