damage
n
1 [U] ~ (to sth) loss of value, attractiveness or usefulness caused by an event, accident, etc 损失; 损害; 损毁
The accident did a lot of damage to the car. 这一事故把汽车损坏得很厉害.
storm damage to crops 暴风雨对农作物的损害
damage to her reputation 对她名誉的损害.
2 damages [pl]
money paid or claimed as compensation for damage(1), loss or injury 损害赔偿金
The court awarded 5000 (in) damages to the injured man. 法院判给伤者5000英镑损害赔偿费.
3 (idm 习语) what's the `damage? (Brit infml 口) what does/did sth cost? 某物要多少钱?
`I need a new coat.' `Oh yes? What's the damage?' `我需要件新外衣了.'`是吗? 要花多少钱?'; damage, v [Tn]
cause damage to (sth) 损害; 损坏; 损毁; 损伤
damage a fence, a car, furniture, etc 损坏栅栏、 汽车、 家具等
damage sb's career 损害某人的事业
damage relations between two countries 损害两国的关系.
I can't wait to get back home and see everyone again.
我迫不及待地想回国看看。
He won't be distressed by my absence.
即使我不在,他也不会悲伤痛苦的。
The reader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.