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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- injury ['ɪnʤərɪ]
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1.
n
physical damage or hurt
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2.
n
a specific instance of this
- a leg injury
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3.
n
harm done to a reputation
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4.
n
[law]
a violation or infringement of another person's rights that causes him harm and is actionable at law
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5.
n
an obsolete word for insult
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6.
n
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin inj
u ria injustice, wrong, from inju rio sus acting unfairly, wrongful, fromin- 1 + ju s right
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1.
n
physical damage or hurt
Examples
- not playing because of an injury
- 因受伤而未参加比赛 → play
- sidelined by an injury
- 因伤退出比赛 → sideline
- There is serious risk of injury while operating that kind of heavy machinery.
- 操作那种笨重的机器要冒受伤的危险。
- He was back to playing soccer two weeks after his injury and shouldn't take too long to get even with the other players.
- 他伤后两个星期就重返球场，应该不久就会和其他队员并肩作战
- His knee injury was sustained while diving for a ball in last night's game.
- 他在昨晚球赛中的奋力扑救使得膝盖旧伤复发。 → dive
- to do o.s. an injury
- 伤害自己 → injury
- to escape without injury
- 安然脱险 → injury
- to add insult to injury
- 雪上加霜 → insult
- accident-/injury-prone
- 易出事/受伤的 → prone
- to treat sb for a wound/injury
- 给某人治疗伤口/伤处 → treat
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