harmful causing physical harm – used especially about things that cause harm to your health, the environment etc 〔尤指对健康、环境等〕有害的
Smoking is harmful to your health.
吸烟有害健康。
drugs with harmful side effects
有不良副作用的药物
be bad for somebody/something to have a harmfuleffect on someone or something. This phrase is very commonly used in everyday English when saying that something is harmful 对某人/某物有害〔常用于日常英语〕
Everyone knows that too much alcohol is bad for you.
人人都知道饮酒过量对身体有害。
damaging used about things that cause permanent physical harm, or that have a bad effect in other ways, for example on people’s opinion of someone 造成损害[伤害]的;产生不良影响的
Acid rain has a damaging effect on trees and the soil.
酸雨对树木和土壤有破坏作用。
The allegations were very damaging to his career.
这些指控对他的职业生涯极为不利。
nConstant criticism is damaging to a child’s self-esteem.
detrimental formal causing harm or having a bad effect on something 有害的,不利的
Employers are worried that the new laws will have a detrimental effect on their business.
雇主担心新法令对他们的生意会有不利影响。
chemicals that are detrimental to the environment
对环境有害的化学品
npolicies that have been detrimental to the interests of old people
negative a negative effect is one that is bad and causes problems 〔影响〕有害的,不良的
pernicious /pəˈnɪʃəs $ pər-/ formal used about something that has a gradual bad effect which is not easy to notice, especially on people’s morals, or on their health 〔尤指对人们的道德品质或健康〕有害的〔通常不易察觉〕