impair
英[?m'pe?]
美[?m'p?r]
- vt. 損害；削弱；減少
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?impairs;過去式:?impaired;過去分詞:?impaired;現(xiàn)在分詞:?impairing;
助記提示
1. repair => impair.
2. from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + Late Latin peiorare "make worse" (see pejorative).
3. pejorative => impair.
中文詞源
impair 損傷，傷害
im-,進入，使，-pair,縮寫自pejorative,更壞的，貶低的。即進一步貶低的，引申詞義損傷，傷害。
英文詞源
- impair
- impair: [14] If to repair something is to ‘put it right’, it seems logical that to impair something should be to ‘make it wrong’. In fact, though, logic has nothing to do with it, for the two words are quite unrelated. Repair comes ultimately from Latin parāre ‘make ready’, whereas impair goes back via Old French empeirier to Vulgar Latin *impējōrāre ‘make worse’.
- impair (v.)
- late 14c., earlier ampayre, apeyre (c. 1300), from Old French empeirier (Modern French empirer), from Vulgar Latin *impeiorare "make worse," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + Late Latin peiorare "make worse" (see pejorative). In reference to driving under the influence of alcohol, first recorded 1951 in Canadian English. Related: Impaired; impairing.
雙語例句
- 1. Tiredness can seriously impair your ability to drive.
- 疲勞會大大影響你的駕駛能力.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. It can not impair the intellectual vigor of the young.
- 這不能磨滅青年人思想活力.
來自辭典例句
- 3. The author's half drunken state did not in the least impair his eminence in my eyes.
- 在我的眼里,這位作家的醺醺醉態(tài)絲毫無損他的高尚.
來自辭典例句
- 4. A recurrence of such an oversight could impair our amicable relations.
- 這樣的疏忽倘若再發(fā)生,可能有損雙方的友好貿(mào)易關(guān)系.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. To weaken, injure, or impair, often by degrees or imperceptibly; sap.
- 逐漸損壞;暗中破壞:削弱 、 傷害或損害, 常是逐漸地或很輕微地; 使衰弱.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)