tarnished
v. (通常指金屬)(使)失去光澤,(使)變灰暗( tarnish的過去式和過去分詞 ); 玷汙,敗壞
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. especially of reputation;
Accusations of tax evasion have tarnished his clean image.
避稅的指控使他的清白形象蒙汙。
The enamel gives new brass an authentically tarnished finish.
用瓷釉作末道漆使新的黃銅器看似自然地失去了光澤。
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。
The mirrors had tarnished with age.
這些鏡子因年深日久而照影不清楚。
His bad behaviour has tarnished the good name of the school.
他行為不軌,敗壞了學校的聲譽.