detriment
US: /ˈdɛtɹəmənt/
UK: /dˈɛtɹɪmənt/
UK: /dˈɛtɹɪmənt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
detriment /'detrimənt/
- danh từ
- sự thiệt hại, sự tổn hại, sự phương hại
- to the detriment: có hại cho, phương hại đến
- without detriment t: không tổn hại đến, không phương hại đến
- sự thiệt hại, sự tổn hại, sự phương hại
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
[U, C, usually sing.] (formal) the act of causing harm or damage; sth that causes harm or damage: Wood accounts for 90% of energy production in some countries, with consequent environmental detriment.
Idioms: to the detriment of sb/sth
to sb/sth's detriment resulting in harm or damage to sb/sth: He was engrossed in his job to the detriment of his health.
without detriment (to sb/sth) not resulting in harm or damage to sb/sth: This tax cannot be introduced without detriment to people's living standards.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
disadvantage, drawback, liability; damage, harm, ill, impairment, injury, hurt, loss:
He has a tendency to support lost causes, to his own detriment. Seeds survive without detriment where their plants would perish.
Concise English dictionary
detriments'detrɪmənt
noun
+a damage or loss
