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

• 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。
• God, you have sullied that place for me.
  老天，你玷污了我的地方。
• 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。
• I did wrong: I would have sullied my innocent flower-breathed guilt on its purity: the Omnipotent snatched it from me.
  我做错了：我本要糟蹋无邪的花儿&把罪孽带给无辜：但上帝将她从我身边抢走。
• So many with besmirched and sullied egos will inevitably follow their ill conceived prejudices to the grave.
  有这么多侮辱、自我必然跟着应由其患病的严重偏见设想。
• One thing I can comprehend: you intimated that to have a sullied memory was a perpetual bane.
  有一件事我能明白：你表示，有一个玷污的记忆就是永久的毁灭。
• Hopefully, a near-epic Cup quarter-final won't be sullied by the events of stupid fans home and away.
  幸好一场近乎史诗式的杯赛四分一决赛，并没有因主队和客队的愚蠢球迷而受到毁坏。
• His reputation is sullied by many crimes.
  他的名誉被许多罪行玷污。
• 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。
• Many birds are solid rufous above and sullied yellow below, with little contrast anywhere.
  许多个体体上很确定是赤褐色的，体下是黄色，很少有对比。