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

• 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。
• The scandal tarnished his reputation.
  丑闻败坏了他的名誉。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His reputation has been tarnished by their slanders.
  他的名誉因他们的中伤而受玷污。
• 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。
• It had to be to rescue a brand that had started to become tarnished. worn or faded from being on display in a store.
  这场演出不得不进行以挽救一个品牌&这一品牌已经开始褪色了。在商店陈列久了而变旧的或褪色的。
• 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。