sully

英 [ˈsʌli]

美 [ˈsʌli]

v.  败坏; 有损于; 弄脏; 玷污

过去分词：sullied　过去式：sullied　现在分词：sullying　第三人称单数：sullies　

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BNC.22089 / COCA.17902

牛津词典

verb

• 败坏；有损于
  to spoil or reduce the value of sth
• 弄脏；玷污
  to make sth dirty

柯林斯词典

• VERB 败坏;有损于;使贬值
  If somethingis sullied bysomething else, it is damaged so that it is no longer pure or of such high value.
  1. The City's reputation has been sullied by scandals like those at Lloyd's...
     类似劳埃德保险公司的那些丑闻令伦敦名声扫地。
  2. She claimed they were sullying her good name.
     她声称他们在败坏她的名誉。
• VERB 弄脏;玷污
  If someonesulliessomething, they make it dirty.
  1. I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it.
     我不愿意伸手去抓那闪亮的黄铜门环，怕把它弄脏。

双语例句

• Don't sully my dignity with your cash.
  别用你的金钱来玷污我的名誉。
• Sully has heard from people who say preparation and diligenceare not the same as heroism.
  萨伦伯格曾听人说，准备和勤奋和英雄不是一回事。
• The City's reputation has been sullied by scandals like those at Lloyd's
  类似劳埃德保险公司的那些丑闻令伦敦名声扫地。
• Love it, respect it, do not sully it, do not hinder it from coming to flower.
  爱生活，尊重它，不要让它蒙上阴影，不要阻止它绽放光华。
• He left the valleys of coal and went to the coast, to sully Ranny Bay and lavernock, where the rich tourists flocked.
  他离开了煤谷，来到了萨和兰尼和拉弗诺克海湾，那是有钱的旅客云集的地方。
• We have no sully available for export.
  我们没有货物可供出口了。
• Sully peered into the blood-splattered cockpit.
  萨伦伯格察看了血迹斑斑的驾驶舱。
• But truly such is the power of the life, the holiness, the serenity, and the righteousness of a good emperor that not even the scorn felt for his kin can sully his own good name.
  然而，一位皇帝真实的生活的力量，他的神性，宁静和正义，不会被那些轻浮的亲戚辱没自己的名声。
• Nothing had ever happened to sully her reputation.
  她的名声从来没有被什么事儿玷污过。
• I wouldn't sully my hands by acceptinga bribe.
  我决不接受贿赂，一尘不染。