tarnished

英 [ˈtɑːnɪʃt]

美 [ˈtɑːrnɪʃt]

v.  (使)失去光泽，暗淡; 玷污，败坏，损坏(名声等)
tarnish的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：tarnished　过去式：tarnished　

BNC.21850 / COCA.20075

柯林斯词典

• VERB 玷污，败坏，损害(名誉或形象)
  If you say that somethingtarnishessomeone's reputation or image, you mean that it causes people to have a worse opinion of them than they would otherwise have had.
  1. The affair could tarnish the reputation of the prime minister...
     这一事件可能有损首相的名誉。
  2. His image was tarnished by the savings and loan scandal.
     他的形象因为那桩储蓄信贷丑闻而受损。
• V-ERG (使)有污迹;(使)失去光泽;(使)变暗淡
  If a metaltarnishesor if somethingtarnishesit, it becomes stained and loses its brightness.
  1. It never rusts or tarnishes...
     它从不生锈，也不会失去光泽。
  2. Wear cotton gloves when cleaning silver, because the acid in your skin can tarnish the metal.
     清洁银器时要戴上棉手套，因为你皮肤里的酸性物质会使它失去光泽。
• N-UNCOUNT 锈斑;污点
  Tarnishis a substance which forms of the surface of some metals and which stains them or causes them to lose their brightness.
  1. The tarnish lay thick on the inside of the ring.
     戒指内侧有一层厚厚的锈斑。

双语例句

• Today, the image of technical competence and environmental responsibility has been tarnished.
  今天，BP在技术能力和环保责任方面的形象已经蒙污。
• MMC still faces a struggle amid a shrinking home market and a tarnished image in the all-important US market.
  在国内市场不断萎缩和在其重要的美国市场形象受损的情况下，三菱汽车仍面临一场挑战。
• At first glance this is logical, as the older brothers have tarnished their reputations.
  乍看上去，由于其两位兄长败坏了各自的名誉，这一安排合情合理。
• It had to be to rescue a brand that had started to become tarnished. worn or faded from being on display in a store.
  这场演出不得不进行以挽救一个品牌&这一品牌已经开始褪色了。在商店陈列久了而变旧的或褪色的。
• For this to happen, however, our tarnished brand of capitalism has to regain the moral high ground.
  不过，要想实现这一点，我们失去光泽的资本主义品牌就必须重新占领道德高地。
• The firm's good name was badly tarnished by the scandal.
  这件丑事玷污了公司的好名声。
• A substantial number of them have been killed or wounded and their presence in Iraq has tarnished the image of the American people and government.
  为数可观的人实实在在的被杀了或者受伤了，他们在伊拉克的存在已经暗淡了美国人民和政府的想象。
• I rob both of my son's good name, which I have tarnished, and of his mother's fortune.
  我既沾污了儿子的姓氏，又侵占了他母亲的一份财产。
• The senator's seriously damaged reputation; a flyblown reputation; a tarnished reputation; inherited a spotted name.
  这位参议员严重受损的名誉；被玷污的名声；被玷污的名声；继承了一个受了玷污的名字。
• But this record has become tarnished in recent years in particular over the crisis in Zimbabwe.
  但这一纪录已在近些年来受到玷污，尤其是在津巴布韦危机一事上。