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Baneful means evil or very bad in the sense of causing real harm. A baneful idea is not merely a silly one; it can hurt people. You will find this word in books and older writing more than in the street. In everyday talk, harmful or damaging will be understood at once; baneful sounds like a storybook. Because it is built from bane, the picture is "full of bane" — full of the power to spoil or wound. Do not spend it on a disappointing meal. If you use it at all, save it for something ugly in its effect.
有害的、招禍的（書面、偏文；日常多半改說有害）
組成bane + -ful (full of bane, so full of harm)
同家族的字
- banethe base word: a source of harm, once even a killer
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
banefuladj
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archaicPoisonous, deadly.
- [S]ome fell ſerpent in his cave expects / The traveller's approach, batten'd vvith herbs / Of baneful juice to fury, forth he looks / Hideous, and lies coil'd all around his den.
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Harmful, injurious.
- This contempt of the understanding in early life has more baneful consequences than is commonly supposed […]
- In this way writers and others seeking a monopoly for their views accepted and encouraged the baneful principle that it was for the party and state authorities to permit or prohibit this or that form of art.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。