39 HURT: 使受傷；傷害

39 HURT: 使受傷；傷害

詞組講解

1. hurt one's feelings ** 傷害某人的感情

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：使某人的［感情（feelings）］受傷

例 Unless you want to hurt Daniel's feelings, you'd better invite him to the party.

2. hurt one's self-respect ** 傷害某人的自尊心

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：傷害某人的［自尊心（self-respect）］

例 They are poor and homeless, but they still have pride. When you offer to help you have to do it in a way that doesn't hurt their self-respect.

參考譯文

1. 除非你想傷害丹尼爾的感情，不然你最好邀請(qǐng)他參加聚會(huì)。

2. 他們很窮，無家可歸，但是他們依然有自尊心。你想幫助他們的話，應(yīng)該采取一種不傷害他們自尊的方式。