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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I don't want her to be sullied!
  我不要她被玷污！
• 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。
• 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。
• The immaculate stains easily.; The immaculate is easily sullied.
  皎皎者易污。
• 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。