sully是什么意思？

sully

英[ˈsʌli] 美[ˈsʌli]

• vt. 玷污，破坏名声；

第三人称单数：sullies;

过去式：sullied;

过去分词：sullied;

现在分词：sullying;

例句

• Who would want to sully the reputation of the nicest girl in school? 谁会想要玷污学校里最好的女孩的名声?
• I wouldn't sully my hands by acceptinga bribe. 我决不接受贿赂,一尘不染.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  败坏;有损于;使贬值
  If something is sullied by something else, it is damaged so that it is no longer pure or of such high value.
  例句
  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。 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 someone sullies something, they make it dirty.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  玷污,破坏名声
  Her reputation is sullied by crimes. 她的名誉被许多罪行所玷污。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;
  "sully someone's reputation"
  2. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically;
  "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air""Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
  3. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone;
  "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"