damage or injury that is caused by a person or an event 伤害；损害 He would never frighten anyone or cause them any harm. 他永远不会吓唬或伤害任何人。 🔊🔊 The accused clearly intended to inflict harm on him. 被告显然打算对他造成伤害。 He may look fierce, but he means no harm. 他可能看上去很凶，但并无恶意。 🔊🔊 - harm to somebody/something
No definite harm to human health has been determined. 尚未确定对人类健康的确定危害。 The court case will do serious harm to my business. 这起诉讼案件将严重损害我的生意。 🔊🔊 The accident could have been much worse; luckily no harm was done. 这次事故本来可能糟糕得多；所幸没有造成伤害。 🔊🔊 Don't worry, we'll see that the children come to no harm. 别担心，我们会保证孩子们安然无恙的。 🔊🔊 I can't say I like Mark very much, but I don't wish him any harm. 我不能说我很喜欢马克，但我并不愿他受到伤害。 🔊🔊 Hard work never did anyone any harm. 努力工作对任何人都绝无害处。 🔊🔊 Look, we're just going out for a few drinks, where's the harm in that? 瞧，我们只不过要出去喝几杯，这有什么坏处？ 🔊🔊 The treatment they gave him did him more harm than good. 他们的治疗对他弊多于利。 🔊🔊
Extra Examplessee also actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, self-harmI don't think he'll come to any harm if his mother is with him. 如果有他妈妈相陪，我想他不会受到任何伤害。 I don't want any harm to come to these pictures. 我不想这些画有任何闪失。 I'm sorry if I upset you—I didn't mean any harm. 很抱歉令你生气 － 不过我没有恶意。 She tried to shield her child from harm. 她尽力保护自己的孩子免受伤害。 The children were removed from their parents to prevent harm to them. 这些孩子被带离了父母，以防受到伤害。 babies at risk of serious harm from their parents 有可能受到父母严重伤害的婴儿 elderly people in danger of physical or emotional harm 身心可能受到伤害的老人 The region will suffer substantial economic harm as a result of this decision. 这一决定将使该地区遭受重大经济损害。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- great
- serious
- …
- cause
- do
- inflict
- …
- come to somebody/something
- harm from
- harm to
- more harm than good
- out of harm’s way
Word OriginOld English hearm (noun), hearmian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Harm and Old Norse harmr ‘grief, sorrow’.
Idioms
it wouldn’t do somebody any harm (to do something)
used to suggest that it would be a good idea for somebody to do something （做某事）不会对某人有坏处；不妨
no harm done
- (informal)
used to tell somebody not to worry because they have caused no serious damage or injury 没造成严重损害（或伤害） Forget it, Dave, no harm done. 别放在心上，戴夫，没事儿的。
out of harm’s way
in a safe place where somebody/something cannot be hurt or injured or do any damage to somebody/something 在安全的地方；被隔离 She put the knife in a drawer, out of harm’s way. 为安全起见，她把刀放在抽屉里。 I prefer the children to play in the garden where they’re out of harm’s way. 我比较喜欢让孩子在花园里玩耍，因为那里安全。
there is no harm in (somebody’s) doing something | it does no harm (for somebody) to do something