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

• The scandal tarnished his reputation.
  丑闻败坏了他的名誉。
• Not wanting to see his record tarnished by a formal charge.
  不希望看到他的履历因此而染上污点。
• The firm's good name was badly tarnished by the scandal.
  这件丑事玷污了公司的好名声。
• His reputation was tarnished.
  他的声誉受到玷污。
• Have they had their reputations tarnished?
  他们的声誉是否受损了？
• 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。
• He has tarnished his own discipline of social psychology.
  他玷污了他自己所从事的社会心理学学科。
• 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。
• 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。
• Tonight we will make a memory that will never be tarnished.
  今晚我们将有一个永不磨灭的回忆。