tarnish
vt.& vi. (通常指金屬)(使)失去光澤,(使)變灰暗
vt. 玷汙,敗壞
n. 汙點,瑕疵; 無光澤,晦暗
If you say that something tarnishes someone's reputation or image, you mean that it causes people to have a worse opinion of them than they would otherwise have had.
The affair could tarnish the reputation of the prime minister...
這一事件可能有損首相的名譽。
His image was tarnished by the savings and loan scandal.
他的形象因為那樁儲蓄信貸醜聞而受損。
If a metal tarnishes or if something tarnishes it, it becomes stained and loses its brightness.
It never rusts or tarnishes...
它從不生鏽,也不會失去光澤。
Wear cotton gloves when cleaning silver, because the acid in your skin can tarnish the metal.
清潔銀器時要戴上棉手套,因為你面板裡的酸性物質會使它失去光澤。
Tarnish is a substance which forms of the surface of some metals and which stains them or causes them to lose their brightness.
The tarnish lay thick on the inside of the ring.
戒指內側有一層厚厚的鏽斑。
1. discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation
1. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically;
Stainless steel products won't tarnish.
不鏽鋼產品不會失去光澤.
These pessimistic predictions and doubts, however, cannot tarnish facts.
但預測也好、疑問也罷, 終究抵擋不住事實的光芒.
Check cutlery cleanliness, free from tarnish and stained.
檢查餐具的清潔, 保證光亮無汙漬.
He has done more to tarnish the image of America than anyone in history.
他的所作所為,更玷汙的形象,美國比任何人的歷史.
Safely and effectively erases heat marks , removes tarnish , rust and corrosion from unlacquered metal surfaces.
安全有效地消除燒焦痕跡,擦除未上漆金屬表面上的灰暗色 、 鏽跡和腐蝕.