[mass noun]physical injury, especially that which is deliberately inflicted (尤指故意对身体)伤害 it's fine as long as no one is inflicting harm on anyone else. 只要没有人在伤害其他人就好。 ■material damage 物资损失,损害 it's unlikely to do much harm to the engine. 这不大可能会严重损坏发动机。 ■actual or potential ill effect or danger (确实或可能的)坏处,损害,危险 I can't see any harm in it. 我看不出有什么坏处。
verb
[with obj.]physically injure (在肉体上)伤害 the villains didn't harm him. 那些流氓没有伤害他。 ■damage the health of 损害…的健康 smoking when pregnant can harm your baby. 怀孕期间吸烟可能对婴儿有害。 ■have an adverse effect on 有损于,不利于 this could harm his World Cup prospects. 这会有损于他的世界杯赛前景。
常用词组 come to no harm
be unhurt or undamaged 没受伤,没有受到损害
do more harm than good
inadvertently make a situation worse rather than better (非有意地)使情况恶化而不是好转;成事不足,败事有余
no harm done
used to reassure someone that what they have done has caused no real damage or problems [用于宽慰人]没有造成什么损失(或伤害)
out of harm's way
in a safe place 在安全的地方
语源
Old English hearm (noun), hearmian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Harm and Old Norse harmr 'grief, sorrow'