sully

英 [ˈsʌli]

美 [ˈsʌli]

v.  败坏; 有损于; 弄脏; 玷污

过去分词：sullied　过去式：sullied　现在分词：sullying　第三人称单数：sullies　

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BNC.22089 / COCA.17902

牛津词典

verb

• 败坏；有损于
  to spoil or reduce the value of sth
• 弄脏；玷污
  to make sth dirty

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

• Sully says he has never shaken his memories of fellow AirForce pilots who didn't survive such attempts.
  萨伦伯格说，他从未忘记那些因为此类尝试而不幸罹难的空军战友们。
• Don't sully my dignity with your cash.
  别用你的金钱来玷污我的名誉。
• When Jake Sully is ready to choose a woman, Neytiri tells him about the women in the tribe, starting with "Ninat is a great singer".
  当JakeSully准备好挑选女人时，Neytiri向他介绍起部落里的女人，第一句话是“Ninat是个好歌手”。
• Nothing had ever happened to sully her reputation.
  她的名声从来没有被什么事儿玷污过。
• We have no sully available for export.
  我们没有货物可供出口了。
• It does not matter if she is dead, such is the power of Badtimes, it reaches out beyond the grave to sully those things we hold most dear.
  这些都显示了此邮件的影响力，它就是这样毁掉了坟墓内外所有美好的事。
• Sully, I must go back "he said at last" Your students are doing well.
  “苏利，我非回去不可，”最后他说，“你的学生们都学得不错。
• But truly such is the power of the life, the holiness, the serenity, and the righteousness of a good emperor that not even the scorn felt for his kin can sully his own good name.
  然而，一位皇帝真实的生活的力量，他的神性，宁静和正义，不会被那些轻浮的亲戚辱没自己的名声。
• She claimed they were sullying her good name.
  她声称他们在败坏她的名誉。
• The recordcom pany fears its association with the discredited rock star might sully its image.
  唱片公司担心与那名声不好的摇滚歌星有来往会影响其形象。