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

• His bad behaviour has tarnished the good name of the school.
  他行为不轨，败坏了学校的声誉。
• Accusations of tax evasion have tarnished his clean image
  避税的指控使他的清白形象蒙污。
• 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。
• FIFA's reputation has been severely tarnished by repeated allegations of vote-buying and financial wrongdoing.
  由于不断被指控买票和金融犯罪行为，国际足联的名声遭受严重的玷污。
• The silver was looking a bit tarnished so I thought I'd Polish it.
  这银器看上去有点发暗了，所以我想把它擦一下。
• 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。
• Financial troubles and empty promises from a string of four owners severely tarnished the park's image.
  来自正在严重地生锈公园的图像四个拥有者的一线财政的麻烦和空的东西承诺。
• It tarnished Li Ning's brand too, and helped push China's sports fans into the arms of Nike and Adidas.
  这种做法也损害了李宁的品牌，将中国的运动爱好者推向了耐克（Nike）和阿迪达斯（Adidas）的怀抱。
• 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。
• 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。