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 reputation has been tarnished by their slanders.
  他的名誉因他们的中伤而受玷污。
• Today the concept has been somewhat tarnished by its abuse in Nazi and Soviet art policy.
  如今这一概念由于在纳粹和苏维埃艺术政策中被滥用而显得黯然失色了。
• 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。
• Even if he clears his name and returns to France, Mr Strauss-Kahn will find his image badly tarnished.
  即便卡恩洗清了名声，重返法国政坛，他仍会发现自己的形象已严重受损。
• The firm's good name was badly tarnished by the scandal.
  这件丑事玷污了公司的好名声。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。