detrimental
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++det·ri·men·tal /ˌdetrəˈmentl◂/ ●○○ adjective formal HARM/BE BAD FORcausing harm or damage 有害的，不利的 SYN harmful, damagingdetrimental to Smoking is detrimental to your health. 吸烟有害健康。 the detrimental effect of pollution on the environment 污染对环境的不利影响► see thesaurus at harmful —detrimentally adverb
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detrimental• In 15 of the 37 cases, strong stemming decreased precision, but the cross-referencing was never detrimental.• She added that any attempt to restrict the availability of parents could have a detrimental effect on children.• The application with the particularly detrimental effect on operators' jobs was the biscuit dough mixing automation.• At the same time, medical and social science research began to indicate that retirement itself had detrimental effects.• Long-acting drugs, like many sleeping pills, are especially detrimental to the elderly.• However, too much or little anxiety will always affect any performance in a detrimental way.detrimental to• Smoking is detrimental to your health.det·ri·men·tal adjectiveChineseSyllable
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detrimental
det‧ri‧men‧tal /ˌdetrəˈmentl◂, ˌdetrɪˈmentl◂/
adjective formal
causing harm or damage
SYN harmful, damaging
detrimental to
Smoking is detrimental to your health.
the detrimental effect of pollution on the environment
—detrimentally adverb
▪ harmful causing physical harm – used especially about things that cause harm to your health, the environment etc: Smoking is harmful to your health. | drugs with harmful side-effects
▪be bad for somebody/something to have a harmful effect on someone or something. This phrase is very commonly used in everyday English when saying that something is harmful: Everyone knows that too much alcohol is bad for you.
▪damaging used about things that cause permanent physical harm, or that have a bad effect in other ways, for example on people’s opinion of someone: Acid rain has a damaging effect on trees and the soil. | The allegations were very damaging to his career. | Constant criticism is damaging to a child’s self-esteem.
▪detrimental formal causing harm or having a bad effect on something: Employers are worried that the new laws will have a detrimental effect on their business. | chemicals that are detrimental to the environment | policies that have been detrimental to the interests of old people
▪negative a negative effect is one that is bad and causes problems: The car tax had a negative effect on car sales. | the negative impact of the recession in the US
▪hazardous hazardous substances are likely to be dangerous to people’s health and safety: Hazardous waste needs to be disposed of safely. | hazardous chemicals
▪toxic toxic substances, smoke etc are poisonous: toxic waste | toxic fumes | Toxic chemicals spilled into the river.
▪pernicious /pəˈnɪʃəs $ pər-/ formal used about something that has a gradual bad effect which is not easy to notice, especially on people’s morals, or on their health: the pernicious effects of violent video games | the pernicious effect of secondhand smoke
det‧ri‧men‧tal /ˌdetrəˈmentl◂, ˌdetrɪˈmentl◂/
adjective formalcausing harm or damage
SYN harmful, damaging
detrimental to
—detrimentally adverb
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