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 firm's good name was badly tarnished by the scandal.
  这件丑事玷污了公司的好名声。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Such concerns have not tarnished the Buffett aura, but they have long affected the share price.
  这些关切尚未玷污巴菲特的光环，但它们一直影响着股价。
• 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。
• 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。
• Ironically, it is these mawkish, calcified heads that have tarnished the sculptor's reputation.
  具有讽刺意味的，正是这些婆婆妈妈人，玷污了雕塑家的声誉。
• 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。
• 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。