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impair v.损害，使弱 impair (v.) late 14c., earlier ampayre, apeyre (c.1300), from Old French empeirier (Modern French empirer), from Vulgar Latin *impeiorare "make worse," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + Late Latin peiorare "make worse" (see pejorative). In reference to driving under the influence of alcohol, first recorded 1951 in Canadian English. Related: Impaired; impairing. 【记】repair 是修理，修好，impair是弄坏，开头的im是否定的意思

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[im'pɛə] 【英】 v. 损害，使弱(damage; reduce; injure)【记】 im(进入)+pair(坏)→ 进入坏→损害【同】 派生词: impairment n. 削弱,减少; 损害,损伤 v. 损害; 削减(造成力量、价值或质量等的减少) = damage = reduce【记】im进入, pair使...变得更坏－损害【参】impairment(n 损害; 损伤); repair(n /v 修理; 修补)

单词	impair
音标	[im'pɛə]
解释	v.损害，使弱
红宝书	【英】 v. 损害，使弱(damage; reduce; injure) 【记】 im(进入)+pair(坏)→ 进入坏→损害【同】派生词: impairment n. 削弱,减少; 损害,损伤
字源	impair (v.) late 14c., earlier ampayre, apeyre (c.1300), from Old French empeirier (Modern French empirer), from Vulgar Latin *impeiorare "make worse," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + Late Latin peiorare "make worse" (see pejorative). In reference to driving under the influence of alcohol, first recorded 1951 in Canadian English. Related: Impaired; impairing.
不择手段背单词	v. 损害; 削减(造成力量、价值或质量等的减少) = damage = reduce 【记】im进入, pair使...变得更坏－损害【参】impairment(n 损害; 损伤); repair(n /v 修理; 修补)
趣味全助记	【记】repair 是修理，修好，impair是弄坏，开头的im是否定的意思

Impair V Late French Latin Make 损害 Im'pɛə