emotional injury, njfHIt##Ji©ft„ H see
ADD
’injury
time noun [U] (firf) time added at the end of a game
of football (soccer), hockey,
etc. because the game has been interrupted by injured players needing treatment It**
in-just-ice /m'd3Astis/ noun [U, C] the fact of a
situation being unfair and of people not being treated equally; an unfair act
or an example of unfair treatment IE, A4H2- ( ) : fighting against poverty
and injustice fn
A'&A’A#- 0 a burning sense of
injustice 0
social injustice
^ A £ 0 She was enraged at the injustice of the
remark. ft 0 The
report exposes
the injustices of the system, Jtj’grjSflTiiA$lJ®ft##A 2ME0 t3GQjustice fTiTfil do yourself/sb an injustice
to judge yourself/sb unfairly # • • • A IE;
MEE: We may have been doing him an injustice. This work is good.
t %mmmufaT0
ink 0-w/iqk/ noun, verb
mnoun [U, C] coloured liquid for writing, drawing and printing H/jC; llfh
iftil: written in ink 71 HATr ft 0 a pen and ink drawing III 0 different
coloured inks ftllzjc — see also inky
h verb [VN] 1 to cover sth with ink so that it can be used
for printing (
tUj^EpJ®!] ) 2 (NAmE, informal)
to sign a document, especially a contract &W,
i&iT ( cf ft # ) : The group has just inked a $10 million deal .fflFMgiTT-ffr 1000 7jTufttH$C0
,ink sth~'in to write or draw in ink over sth that has
already been written or drawn in pencil £ ( ) ±M; KM; (figurative) The
date for the presentation should have been
inked in (=
made definite) by now. Mtbft 0 .
'ink-blot test noun = Rorschach
test
SYNONYMS
injure
wound * hurt ♦ bruise♦ maim * sprain « pull ♦ twist♦
strain
These words all mean to harm yourself or
sb else physically, especially in an accident. £A±#-iaI±HJeft
injure to harm yourself or
sb else physically, especially in an accident He
injured
his knee playing hockey. j&tT® f^0 o
Three people were injured in
the crash.
m®o
wound [often passive] (rather formal) to injure part of the body, especially by making a hole in the skin
using a weapon 50 people
were seriously wounded in the attack. 50
Mo** Wound is often used to talk about
people being hurt in war or in other attacks which affect a lot of people. * wound
hurt to cause physical
pain to sb/yourself; to injure sb/yourself J§ ( fife ) Did you hurt
yourself?
HURT
OR INJURE? 7 hurt &J1 injure ?
You can hurt or injure a part of the body in an accident. Hurt emphasizes the physical pain caused; injure emphasizes that the part of the body has been damaged in some way. hurt «£
injure, hurt £&&££.
injure
bruise to make a blue,
brown or purple mark(= a bruise) appear on the skin after sb has fallen or been
hit; to develop a bruise
maim (ratherformat) to injure sb seriously, causing permanent
damage to their body fife3£Sl$J
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ink-jet printer /'ir)kd3et
prmta(r)/ noun a printer that uses very small jets to blow ink onto paper in order to form letters,
numbers, etc. B&HEfEPlfl ink ling/'mklirj/ noun [usually sing.] ~ (of
sth) | ~ (that...) a slight knowledge of sth that is happening or about to
happen ( *HE£j£BP#££ft*ft ) M SMsuspi- cion
: He had no inkling of
what was going on. f&IttlE — fcFJtftlo o
The first inkling I had that something was wrong was when I found the front
door wide open.
'ink-pad noun a thick piece of soft material full of
ink, used with a rubber stamp E|lcE; JT Ep a —picture o
STATIONERY
ink-well /Tqkwel/ noun a pot for holding ink
that fits into a hole in a desk (used in the past) ( |B
£ft ) MzJCftfe
inky /Trjki/ adj. 1 black
like ink H it ft; H ft: the inky blackness of the cellar if 2 made
dirty with ink ?£^Ibi<.ft; ® &7]C#Ift ft: inky fingers
in-laid /.m'leid/ adj. ~ (with sth) (of furniture, floors, etc. MM. i&Ex#) decorated with designs of wood, metal,
etc. that are set into the surface |®i (/c|, jfcM ) @^ft; fectfrft: an inlaid wooden box
$clEA:i:7 o a box inlaid with gold in land adv., adj.
madv. /.in'laend/ in a direction towards the middle of a
country; away from the coast ft ( ) ftK; ft ( l&
/E ) ftitfc: The town lies a few kilometres inland.
0 We
travelled further inland the next day. A*$^ft
ft®frl&0
• adj. /'inlaend/ [usually before
noun] located in or near the middle of a country, not near the edge or on the
coast ( % ) ftKft; (£.)ftifift: inland
areas ftliEo inland lakes ft — compare coastal
sprain to injure part of your body, especially your ankle, wrist or knee, by
suddenly bending it in an awkward way, causing pain and swelling |fl#7 ( j$E
m. mi
pull to damage a muscle, etc., by using too much force
tm, m (mm)
twist to suddenly bend a part of your body, especially your ankle, wrist or
knee, in an awkward way, causing an injury that involves pain and swelling
JRL B )
SPRAIN
OR TWIST? sprain UJi twist ?
A sprain is an injury to your ankle, wrist or knee that causes pain and swelling;
to sprain your ankle/wrist/ knee is to injure it in this way. To
twist your ankle/wrist/ knee is to do the action (= to
suddenly bend it in an awkward way) that causes the injury. * sprain
mm.
m.
m. mm-, twist a.
m0
strain to injure yourself
or part of your body by making it work too hard Don’t
strain
your eyes by reading in poor light.
PATTERNS
AND COLLOCATIONS
■to injure/hurt/strain yourself
■
to
injure/hurt/sprain/pull/strain a muscle
■
to
injure/hurt/sprain/twist your ankle/foot/knee
■
to
injure/hurt/sprain your wrist/hand
■
to
injure/hurt/strain your back/shoulder/eyes • to injure/hurt your spine/neck
■
to be badly/seriously/severely/slightly
injured/ wou nded/h u rt/bru ised/ma imed/spra
i ned
to be slightly injured/wounded/hurt/bruised/sprained