一.用作及物动词
1.使受伤
No one was seriously hurt in the traffic accident.在这次交通事故中没有人受重伤。
2.使疼痛
The tight shoe hurt my foot.这只鞋太紧,把我的脚挤疼了。
3.伤...的感情;使(感情)受到伤害
He inadvertently hurt her feelings.他无意中伤了她的感情。
4.损害,危害
The scandal hurt the government's image badly.这丑闻严重损害了政府的形象。
二.用作不及物动词
1.疼痛
My right leg hurts.我右脚疼。
2.带来痛苦;造成损失
It won't hurt to postpone the meeting for a few more days.
会议再推迟几天也无妨。
三.用作名词
1.(精神上的)创伤[(+to)]
It was a real hurt to her vanity.
这对她的`虚荣心真是一个打击。
2.伤;痛
The massage made the hurt go away.按摩使疼痛消失了。
四.用作形容词，表示(心灵等)受到伤害的
There was a hurt look in her eyes.
她的眼睛流露出一种委屈的神色。
五.be hurt后可接动词不定式或that从句。
She was hurt to think of his being left alone.
想到他一个人留在那儿她就难受。