detrimental
detrimental 的意思是有害的,有损的,不利的。它的词源是从法语的detriment 来的,意思是损害,损失。
你可以用以下方法记忆这个词:
把detrimental 拆成de-tri-mental,想象有害的事物会让你de(减少)tri(三)mental(精神),也就是让你失去三分之一的精神。
把detrimental 和beneficial 对比记忆,beneficial 是有益的,detrimental 是有害的,两者相反。
这里是一些不同含义下的例句:
Smoking is detrimental to your health. 吸烟对你的健康有害。
The lack of rain was detrimental to the crops. 缺雨对庄稼有损害。
He argued that the new law was detrimental to the interests of the workers. 他辩称新法律对工人的利益不利。
Life is full of choices
Some are good, some are bad
Some are beneficial
Some are detrimental
Choose wisely what you do
Think of the consequences
Don’t let the detrimental ones
Ruin your chances