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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• An attempt to restore some of their tarnished popularity.
  对恢复他们部分被损害的声望所作的努力。
• 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。
• His bad behaviour has tarnished the good name of the school.
  他行为不轨，败坏了学校的声誉。
• 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。