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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• God, you have sullied that place for me.
  老天，你玷污了我的地方。
• 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。
• Sir Martin also complained that debate had moved from "payment for performance to what is fair pay", as if politicians have sullied things.
  苏铭天爵士还抱怨称，辩论已从“绩效薪资转向什么是公平薪资”，好像政治家们破坏了这些。
• 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。
• 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。