in‧jure W3 AC / ɪndʒə $ -ər / 动词 [及物动词]

1 to hurt yourself or someone else, for example in an accident or an attack → wound :

Angus injured his leg playing rugby.

be badly/seriously/critically injured

Two people have been critically injured in an accident.

2 injure sb’s pride/feelings etc to say unfair or unpleasant things that hurt someone’s pride, feelings etc

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In everyday English, people usually say hurt rather than injure :

He hurt his leg playing rugby.

He really hurt my feelings.

THESAURUS

to injure yourself or someone else

hurt to damage part of your body, or someone else’s body : She slipped on the ice and hurt herself badly. | Be careful you don’t hurt anyone with that knife.

injure to hurt yourself quite severely, or to be hurt in an accident or fighting : One of our players has injured his leg, and will be out of the game for weeks. | Four people have been seriously injured on the Arizona highway.

wound to deliberately hurt someone using a weapon such as a knife or gun : The gunmen shot and killed twelve people and wounded three others.

maim / meɪm / [通常被动态] to hurt someone very severely, especially so that they lose an arm, leg etc, often as the result of an explosion : In countries where there are landmines, people are killed and maimed daily.

break to hurt a part of your body by breaking a bone in it : The X-ray showed that I had broken my wrist.

bruise to hurt a part of your body when you fall on it or hit it, causing a dark mark to appear on your skin : Cathy fell off her bike and bruised her legs badly.

sprain/twist to hurt your knee, wrist, shoulder etc by suddenly twisting it while you are moving : I jumped down from the wall and landed awkwardly, spraining my ankle.

strain/pull to hurt one of your muscles by stretching it or using it too much : When you are lifting heavy loads, be careful not to strain a back muscle.

dislocate to damage a joint in your body in a way that moves the two parts of the joint out of their normal position : Our best batsman dislocated his shoulder during training.

paralyse [通常被动态] to make someone lose the ability to move part or all of their body : A climbing accident had left him paralysed from the chest down.