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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I don't want her to be sullied!
  我不要她被玷污！
• The journalists have defamed me! The article in the paper sullied my reputation.
  记者们诽谤了我！报纸上的文章诽谤了我的名誉。
• Last year's World Series triumph was overshadowed by a bat-throwing incident that sullied his reputation, and he has spent more than his share of time on the disabled list.
  去年世界大赛的胜利也因他向击球手回掷球棒而蒙上阴影，他的名声也因此遭致玷污；还有他整季因伤所困，长期名列伤兵名单。
• 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。
• His reputation is sullied by many crimes.
  他的名誉被许多罪行玷污。
• The immaculate stains easily.; The immaculate is easily sullied.
  皎皎者易污。