disservice
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++dis·ser·vice1 /dɪˈsɜːvəs, dɪsˈsɜː $ -ɜːr-/ noun do somebody/something a disservice (also do a disservice to somebody/something)HARM/BE BAD FOR to do something that gives other people a bad opinion of someone or something 损害[破坏]某人/某物的声誉[形象] The fans have done the game a great disservice. 球迷们的行为大大损害了这项运动的名声。Examples from the Corpus
disservice• I would have done her a disservice had I immediately jumped in to help.• Am I really doing him a disservice if I leave it as one big C: drive?• The evidence from excellent companies strongly suggests that managers who feel this way are doing them selves a disservice.• This kind of jiggery-pokery does them a disservice.• To make the assumption that JustText was only capable of producing text would be to do it a grave disservice.• By confusing unrelated issues and taking information out of context, you do readers a great disservice.• Well, it does them a great disservice.disservice2 /dɪˈsɜːvɪs, dɪsˈsɜ- $ -ɜːr-/ verb [transitive] to do something that gives other people a bad opinion of someone or something 损害，破坏〔某人或某物的声誉、形象等〕 Hart’s poems are disserviced by the decision to squeeze three or even four short pieces onto one page. 把三首甚至四首短诗挤在同一页上的决定损害了哈特的诗作。→ See Verb tabledis·ser·vice1 noundisservice2 verbChineseSyllable
Corpus other people do that to something gives
disservice
dis‧ser‧vice1 /dɪˈsɜːvəs, dɪˈsɜːvɪs, dɪsˈsɜː $ -ɜːr-/ 
noun
The fans have done the game a great disservice.
disservice2 /dɪˈsɜːvɪs, dɪsˈsɜ- $ -ɜːr-/ verb [transitive]
to do something that gives other people a bad opinion of someone or something:
Hart’s poems are disserviced by the decision to squeeze three or even four short pieces onto one page.
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noun Word Family: noun: servant, serve, server, service, disservice, the services, serving, servery, servicing, servility, servitude; adjective: serviceable, servile, serving; verb: serve, service
do somebody/something a disservice (also do a disservice to somebody/something) to do something that gives other people a bad opinion of someone or something: | II |
verb [transitive]to do something that gives other people a bad opinion of someone or something:
