sullied

英 [ˈsʌlid]

美 [ˈsʌlid]

v.  败坏; 有损于; 弄脏; 玷污
sully的过去分词和过去式

COCA.37953

柯林斯词典

• VERB 败坏;有损于;使贬值
  If somethingis sullied bysomething else, it is damaged so that it is no longer pure or of such high value.
  1. The City's reputation has been sullied by scandals like those at Lloyd's...
     类似劳埃德保险公司的那些丑闻令伦敦名声扫地。
  2. She claimed they were sullying her good name.
     她声称他们在败坏她的名誉。
• VERB 弄脏;玷污
  If someonesulliessomething, they make it dirty.
  1. I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it.
     我不愿意伸手去抓那闪亮的黄铜门环，怕把它弄脏。

双语例句

• God, you have sullied that place for me.
  老天，你玷污了我的地方。
• So they inwardly resolved that so long as they remained in the business, their piracies should not again be sullied with the crime of stealing.
  所以他们暗下决心，只要还在当海盗，就不能让偷窃的罪行玷污他们海盗的英名。
• Mr Murdoch says the paper has a proud history of fighting crime and exposing wrongdoing, but that the good things it does have been sullied by behaviour that was wrong.
  MrMurdoch说这份报纸有着令人骄傲的成绩在抵制犯罪以及披露错误的行为。它曾经的行为被错误的行为玷污了。
• The immaculate stains easily.; The immaculate is easily sullied.
  皎皎者易污。
• A police spokesman said the6 were "bad apples" who had sullied the name of the force.
  一名警方发言人说，这6名警察都是“败类”，玷污了警察的声誉。
• Its reputation has already been sullied and important holdings in Russia are at risk because of tensions in Ukraine.
  该公司的声誉已经遭到损害，而且乌克兰的紧张局势，也给它在俄罗斯持有的大量资产增加了风险。
• This is partly the result of the financial crisis, which has sullied the name of business generally.
  这在一定程度上是由此次金融危机造成的。这场危机从整体上败坏了企业的名声。
• In Gardner's mind, VENONA was almost an art form, and he did not want it sullied by crude McCarthyism.
  在加德纳看来，维农纳几乎是某种形式的艺术，他不想让它被粗鄙的麦卡锡主义玷污。
• His reputation is sullied by many crimes.
  他的名誉被许多罪行玷污。
• Global fears of an epidemic have sullied a good name in Norway: Sars.
  一种流行病带来的全球性恐慌玷污了挪威一个清白的名字：萨斯。