impair
英 [ɪm'peə]
美[ɪm'pɛr]
- vt. 损害；削弱；减少
词态变化
第三人称单数: impairs;过去式: impaired;过去分词: impaired;现在分词: impairing;
助记提示
1. repair => impair.
2. from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + Late Latin peiorare "make worse" (see pejorative).
3. pejorative => impair.
2. from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + Late Latin peiorare "make worse" (see pejorative).
3. pejorative => impair.
中文词源
impair 损伤，伤害
im-,进入，使，-pair,缩写自pejorative,更坏的，贬低的。即进一步贬低的，引申词义损伤，伤害。
英英释意
- 1. make worse or less effective;
- "His vision was impaired"
- 2. make imperfect;
- "nothing marred her beauty"
英文词源
- 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.
实用场景例句
- Consumption of alcohol impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery...
- 饮酒会削弱你驾驶汽车或操控机器的能力。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- His movements were painfully impaired by arthritis.
- 他行动不便，深受关节炎之苦。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- In addition, sharp teeth impair effective chewing which prevents proper digestion of food.
- 此外, 锐利的牙齿削弱了有效的咀嚼,这样一来,就妨碍了食物的适当消化.
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- A recurrence of such an oversight could impair our amicable relations.
- 这样的疏忽倘若再发生,可能有损双方的友好贸易关系.
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- Other actions that impair the dealing party or the order of the international ocean shipping market.
- 其他损害交易对方或者国际海上运输市场秩序的行为.
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- To weaken, injure, or impair, often by degrees or imperceptibly; sap.
- 逐渐损坏;暗中破坏:削弱 、 伤害或损害, 常是逐渐地或很轻微地; 使衰弱.
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- May impair your ability to operate machinery.
- 也许这可以减缓你的机械化.
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- Any monitoring or inspection hirer may not impair the normal work of the hiree.
- 定作人不得因监督检验妨碍承揽人的正常工作.
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- It can not impair the intellectual vigor of the young.
- 这不能磨灭青年人思想活力.
辞典例句
- The limit will drag the complete increase of economy and impair the social balance and security.
- 这种制约不仅会拖慢全国整体经济的增长,并且会危害到社会平衡发展和安定团结局面的稳定.
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- It will impair the performance of explosive bolt assembling and disassembling it many a time . 2.
- 如果对爆炸螺栓进行多次拆装,其使用性能有可能被削弱.
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- Shall not accept anything that may impair or be presumed to impair their professional judgment.
- 不能接受损害或推定会损害他们职业判断的任何物品.
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- If mercury, lead and PCBs impair intellectual development, then less should be more.
- 要是水银 、 铅和多氯联苯会损及智能发展, 就应该少碰为妙.
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- Are you taking medications that could impair your ability to think, work, operate machinery, or drive?
- 你吃药是否会影响你的思考能力 、 工作 、 操作机器或者开车的能力 吗 ?
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- Tiredness can seriously impair your ability to drive.
- 疲劳会大大影响你的驾驶能力.
《简明英汉词典》
- The author's half drunken state did not in the least impair his eminence in my eyes.
- 在我的眼里,这位作家的醺醺醉态丝毫无损他的高尚.
辞典例句
- This provision does not limit or impair any right of subrogation arising from any other relationship.
- 本规定并不限制或者削弱任何基于其他关系的代位权.
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- However, such use may not impair their functions as air defense works.
- 平时利用人民防空工程,不得影响其防空效能.
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- We deem it the deepest disgrace to impair her interests, dignity or honour.
- 以损害社会主义祖国利益 、 尊严和荣誉为最大耻辱.
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- Insufficient ingestion of staple food may thus impair memory.
- 故主食摄取不足可能对记忆力造成损害.
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- Any monopolized activities which impair fair competition can be curbed by such a law.
- 任何对公平竞争有害的垄断行为都可以通过这样的法律来加以抑制.
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- Shock wae lithotripsy, ureteroscopic stone extraction , and percutaneous nephrolithotomy do not appear to impair renal growth.
- 结论:体外冲击波碎石术, 输尿管镜检取石术, 以及经皮肾镜取石术并不影响肾脏发育.
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- The malformation and disability caused by mandibular defects always impair quality of life.
- 下颌骨缺损可导致严重的外形与功能障碍,影响患者的生存质量.
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- Water lock effect will bring harm to low permeability reservoir and impair reservoir productivity.
- 水锁效应对低渗透储层会产生伤害,严重影响气藏的产能.
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- To mar is to injure or damage; to spoil disfigure, or impair.
- 损害, 就是伤害或毁坏 、 破坏、使之变形或削弱.
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- The severely impair people health, has affected the environment quality.
- 严重危害了人民健康, 影响了环境质量.
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- Pertaining to an error that does not impair the basic operation of the computer.
- 用于修饰或说明计算机运行中出现的一种错误,它不破坏计算机的基本操作.
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- In driving simulators, marijuana does impair visual skills and mental dexterity.
- 在驾驶模拟器中, 大麻确实损害了视觉能力和心智的灵敏.
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- Chance can not change my love, nor time impair.
- 机遇不能改变我的爱, 时间不能磨灭我的情.
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