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发音：[ɪmˈper]
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例句：
- To impair something means to diminish in function, ability, or quality, or to weaken or make something worse.
- Alcohol and drugs can impair a person’s reaction time, thinking and physical ability to navigate the road.
- In a statement, the Department of Health said fragile services will inevitably be further impaired by the strike and that the reality is there are no quick and simple solutions to the pay dispute.
- While women are more likely to survive a stroke, research shows they often have poorer recoveries, meaning they suffer more disability and an impaired quality of life than men do after an attack.
- Samsung said that any tariffs would raise prices and impair job creation at its $380 million plant in South Carolina, which was announced in June to produce washing machines and other appliances.
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解释：
- Impair这个单词为动词，其表示“damage something or make it work poorly”这一含义，即“损害/削弱”，与damage/injure/compromise这些单词构成近义词。
- 具体使用场景如下：
- Relationships with animals of all kinds can be beneficial to people, and trained dogs have proven especially useful in tasks like guiding those who are visually impaired.（与各种动物的关系对人类有益，训练有素的狗已被证明在指导视障人士等任务中特别有用。）
—Science - According to the Centers for Disease Control, autism affects about 1 in 59 children in the U.S., and the fundamental challenge is that it impairs communication abilities and a person’s social skills.（根据疾病控制中心的数据，自闭症影响美国每59名儿童中就有1名，根本的挑战是它损害了一个人的沟通能力和社交技能。）
—Science - Inside Johnson & Johnson’s executive suites, the decision to suspend production at Leiden prompted concerns that it would impair the company’s ability to deliver on its vaccine commitments to the developing world.（在强生公司的行政套房内，暂停莱顿生产的决定引发了人们的担忧，即这将损害该公司履行对发展中国家的疫苗承诺的能力。）
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