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/ˈhɜːrtfəl/ · /ˈhɜːtfəl/
Making someone feel very upset or offended — used about things that people say or do, not about pain in the body.
傷人的
比較級 more hurtful最高級 most hurtful
核心畫面
You can picture hurt moving out of the body and into the feelings: nothing touches you, yet a word or an act lands and leaves a sore place inside. 'Hurtful' names things that do that — a remark, a joke, a decision — never a knife or a fall.
可以想成「痛」從身體搬到了心裡：沒有人碰到你，但一句話、一個舉動落下來，裡面就留了一塊會痛的地方。hurtful 說…更多收起
可以想成「痛」從身體搬到了心裡：沒有人碰到你，但一句話、一個舉動落下來，裡面就留了一塊會痛的地方。hurtful 說的就是會造成這種痛的東西——一句評語、一個玩笑、一個決定——而不是刀子或跌倒那種痛。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。
hurtfuladj/ˈhɜːtfʊl/
- 1
Tending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury.
- A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad.
- Well-cultivated soils are often healthy; nor at present has it been proved that the use of manure is hurtful.
- 2
Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting; lacerating.
- Both men and women can be emotionally abusive. Even in the healthiest relationships, people occasionally reach down into their personal bags of known remembrances, past disagreements, and unresolved issues, and fling hurtful comments at their partners.
- Better yet, maybe she should call and apologize for all of the rude comments she spewed in the midst of her anger—hurtful comments that should never be spoken between a wife and her husband.
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。