harm: [OE] The ideas of ‘physical damage’ and ‘grief’ are intimately associated in the word harm: indeed, until the early 17th century it had both meanings, and its relatives, German and Swedish harm, mean exclusively ‘grief’. It appears to be related to Russian sram ‘shame, scandal’, but its ultimate ancestry is not known.
harm (n.)
Old English hearm "hurt, pain; evil, grief; insult," from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (cognates: Old Saxon harm, Old Norse harmr "grief, sorrow," Old Frisian herm "insult; pain," Old High German harm, German Harm "grief, sorrow, harm"), from PIE *kormo- "pain." To be in harm's way is from 1660s.
harm (v.)
Old English hearmian "to hurt, injure," from the noun (see harm (n.)). It has ousted Old English skettan (see scathe (v.)) in all but a few senses. Related: Harmed; harming.
雙語例句
1. Nudism, the council decided, was doing the resort more harm than good.
委員會認(rèn)定在休閑勝地的裸體行為弊大于利。
來自柯林斯例句
2. These men were never told how they'dbeen put in harm's way.
從來沒人告訴這些人他們是如何被置于險(xiǎn)境的。
來自柯林斯例句
3. All dogs are capable of doing harm to human beings.
只要是狗就可能會咬人。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Living together didn't harm our friendship. If anything it strengthened it.
在一起住并沒有損害我們的友誼。要說真有什么的話，它反而鞏固了我們的友誼。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Workers scrambled to carry priceless objects out of harm's way.