collateral damage

a) when non-military people are hurt or killed, or non-military property is damaged, as a result of actions in a war – used especially by the army, navy etc 附带性的破坏〔尤为军队等所用〕，波及无辜

Hitting any non-military targets would risk ‘collateral damage’.

攻击任何非军事目标都有可能殃及无辜。

n b) unintended harm that happens to people as a result of something that is done

Examples from the Corpus

collateral damage• Our helplessness, outrage and fear were not collateral damage.• It could also be that collateral damage from a program crash has changed the setting.• This collateral damage to otherwise healthy bits of tooth may in the end have to be dealt with itself.

→ collateral damage at collateral2(1)

词汇	collateral damage
释义	collateral damage collateral damage a) when non-military people are hurt or killed, or non-military property is damaged, as a result of actions in a war – used especially by the army, navy etc 附带性的破坏〔尤为军队等所用〕，波及无辜 Hitting any non-military targets would risk ‘collateral damage’. 攻击任何非军事目标都有可能殃及无辜。 n b) unintended harm that happens to people as a result of something that is done Examples from the Corpus collateral damage• Our helplessness, outrage and fear were not collateral damage.• It could also be that collateral damage from a program crash has changed the setting.• This collateral damage to otherwise healthy bits of tooth may in the end have to be dealt with itself. → collateral damage at collateral2(1)
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