damage: [14] Damage comes from Latin damnum ‘loss, damage’ (source of English damn). It passed into Old French as dam, from which was formed the derivative damage. English borrowed and has preserved the Old French form, but in modern French it has become dommage. Besides damn, another English relative is indemnity [15], ultimately from Latin indemnis ‘undamaged’. => damn, indemnity
damage (n.)
late 13c., from Old French damage (12c., Modern French dommage) "loss caused by injury," from dam "damage," from Latin damnum "loss, hurt, damage" (see damn).
damage (v.)
early 14c., from Old French damagier, from damage (see damage (n.)). Related: Damaged; damaging.
权威例句
1. It's a fair guess to say that the damage will be extensive.
说损失会很严重想必猜得不错。
2. The blast caused extensive damage, shattering the ground-floor windows.
爆炸造成了巨大的破坏,震碎了一楼的窗户。
3. The radiation can damage microprocessors and computer memories, causing them to malfunction.
辐射会损坏微处理器和电脑内存,使之失灵。
4. These gases would seriously damage the patient's respiratory system.
这些毒气会严重损害患者的呼吸系统。
5. Incidents of this type cause irreparable damage to relations with the community.
【destroy, harm, ruin, damage】
这组词都有“破坏”的意思,其区别是:
destroy: 指十分彻底的毁坏,破坏。如:The whole city was destroyed in the earthquake.( 地震中整个城市被毁了。)
harm: 多指带来悲痛,产生恶果的伤害,可以是肉体的也可是精神的。如:Doctors say smoking harms our health.(医生说吸烟对身体有害。)
ruin: 为正式用词,强调由于自然力或时间的作用而逐渐损坏,用于比喻时也指彻底毁坏名声,期望等。如:She poured water all over my painting and ruined it. (她把水倒在画上,把它毁了。)另外,ruin的复数形式ruins表“废墟”。
damage: 一般指部分性的破坏,含可修复使用。