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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 损坏
[sǔnhuài]
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verb
damage
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 损坏
[sǔnhuài]
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1.
动
使失去功能、效果；使受损变坏
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损坏公物
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损坏名誉。
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Examples
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损坏东西要赔，是我们解放军的老规矩。
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To pay compensation for damage done is an old rule in our PLA.
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如有损坏，照价赔偿
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pay the full price for anything damaged
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这次车祸使得车体完全被损坏了。
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The car's body was completely destroyed after the accident.
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损坏的东西我一定照价奉赔。
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I will pay for what I have damaged.
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要杜绝人为损坏公用电话的现象。
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Stop the damage of public telephones.
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这台机器的机体已经损坏，无法修复。
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The body of this machine has been damaged beyond repair.
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热膨胀效应经常会造成一些机器的损坏。
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Heat effect often leads to damage to some machines.
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纪念碑的上部已经被严重损坏，需要进行修补了。
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The upper part of the monument has been seriously broken, and needs to be repaired.
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这台摄像机的摄像管损坏了，要更换一个新的。
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The vidicon of this video camera is broken. We need a new one.
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Collocations
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损坏公物
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to damage public property
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造成损坏
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to cause damage
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故意损坏
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to damage something intentionally
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设备损坏
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damaged equipment
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损坏严重
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to damage something severely
nciku Note
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损害 and 损坏
sǔnhài and sǔnhuài
Both 损害 and 损坏 are verbs meaning damage. The difference is 损害 is applied to abstract things, while 损坏 is applied to concrete things.
1. 损害
(1) 你不能富了自己，却损害了大众的利益。
(2) 长期睡眠不足严重损害了你的健康。
(3) 这件绯闻使他的名誉受到了损害。
2.损坏
(1) 损坏公物的是要赔偿的。
(2) 政府出资重建灾民们被损坏的房屋。
损坏 is more literary, usually applied to loss as a whole. As to concrete things in colloquial language, 弄坏, 破坏 are used.
“损害”和“损坏”都表示使之有所损失或破坏，不同之处是：“损害”用于抽象事物，而“损坏”用于具体事物。
“损坏”较书面化，一般指整体的损失；口语中具体的东西一般用“弄坏”、“破坏”等。
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