hurt, injure, harm, wound
hurt, injure, harm 和 wound 都有"伤"的意思,但各自的含义和用法不同。
①hurt普通用语,既可指肉体上的伤害,也可指精神上、感情上的伤害。如:
The driver hurt himself badly in the accident. 那位司机在这次事故中伤得很重。
She hurt her leg when she fell.她跌倒时,一条腿受了伤。
He felt hurt at your words.你的话使他很难过。
注意:指肉体上的伤害时,hurt可与badly, slightly, seriously等连用;但若指精神上的创伤,只能说very much/rather/deeply hurt。
②injure比hurt正式,hurt 多指伤痛。而injure则指损害健康、成就、容貌等,强调功能的损失。如:
A bullet injured his left eye. 一颗子弹伤了他的左眼。
Drinking can injure one's health. 喝酒对人的健康有害。
I hope I didn't injure her feelings.我希望没有伤害她的感情。
③harm用于肉体或精神上的伤害均可,有时可指引起不安或不便。还可用于抽象事物,尤其是指不道德的事情。如:
Don't harm your eyes by reading in dim light. 不要在昏暗的灯光下看书,以免损害眼睛。
I have never harmed anybody.我从未伤害过任何人。
There was a fire in our street, but no one was harmed. 我们街里曾发生过火灾,但没人受伤。
④wound 指枪伤、刀伤、刺伤等皮肉之伤,是出血的、严重的伤,特指战场上的受伤。它可以指肉体上的伤害。也可比喻指人们精神上的创伤。如:
The bullet wounded his arm. 子弹打伤了他的一只胳膊。
The robber wounded him with a knife.那个强盗用刀刺伤了他。
You have wounded his pride.你伤害了他的自尊心。
PS:
1)destroy毁灭，消灭，指通过某种有力的或粗暴的手段使之毁灭或无用，一般不能或很难修复，有时可用于比喻意义。
如： The earthquake destroyed the whole city．地震毁了整座城市。
All his hopes were destroyed by her letter of refusal. 他所有的希望都被她的拒绝信毁了。
2)damage伤害，损害，主要指对价值和功能的破坏，多用于无生命的东西，一般还可修复。damage或destroy所表示的破坏，是指对房屋或车辆等的损坏。有时该词也用于借喻.
Her heart was slightly damaged as a result Of the disease．由于生病，她的心脏轻微受损。
They managed to repair the houses that had been damaged．他们设法修复了受到破坏的房屋。 What they said and did damaged the relations between the two countries.他们的言行损害了这两个国家之间的关系.
3) ruin 多用于借喻之中,经常指把某物损坏到了不能再使用的程度.表示“使……破产；糟蹋掉”的意思。
The rain will ruin the crops. 这雨会把庄稼毁掉的.
I was ruined by that law case; I'm a ruined man. 我被那场官司毁了,我破产了.
He ruined himself by taking drugs. 他吸食毒品把自己给毁了。
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