tarnished

英 [ˈtɑːnɪʃt]

美 [ˈtɑːrnɪʃt]

v. (使)失去光泽，暗淡; 玷污，败坏，损坏(名声等)
tarnish的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：tarnished　过去式：tarnished　

BNC.21850 / COCA.20075

柯林斯词典

VERB 玷污，败坏，损害(名誉或形象)
If you say that somethingtarnishessomeone's reputation or image, you mean that it causes people to have a worse opinion of them than they would otherwise have had.
1. The affair could tarnish the reputation of the prime minister...
  这一事件可能有损首相的名誉。
2. His image was tarnished by the savings and loan scandal.
  他的形象因为那桩储蓄信贷丑闻而受损。
V-ERG (使)有污迹;(使)失去光泽;(使)变暗淡
If a metaltarnishesor if somethingtarnishesit, it becomes stained and loses its brightness.
1. It never rusts or tarnishes...
  它从不生锈，也不会失去光泽。
2. Wear cotton gloves when cleaning silver, because the acid in your skin can tarnish the metal.
  清洁银器时要戴上棉手套，因为你皮肤里的酸性物质会使它失去光泽。
N-UNCOUNT 锈斑;污点
Tarnishis a substance which forms of the surface of some metals and which stains them or causes them to lose their brightness.
1. The tarnish lay thick on the inside of the ring.
  戒指内侧有一层厚厚的锈斑。

His bad behaviour has tarnished the good name of the school.
他行为不轨，败坏了学校的声誉。
His image was tarnished by the savings and loan scandal.
他的形象因为那桩储蓄信贷丑闻而受损。
Not wanting to see his record tarnished by a formal charge.
不希望看到他的履历因此而染上污点。
Such concerns have not tarnished the Buffett aura, but they have long affected the share price.
这些关切尚未玷污巴菲特的光环，但它们一直影响着股价。
Ironically, it is these mawkish, calcified heads that have tarnished the sculptor's reputation.
具有讽刺意味的，正是这些婆婆妈妈人，玷污了雕塑家的声誉。
An attempt to restore some of their tarnished popularity.
对恢复他们部分被损害的声望所作的努力。
For this to happen, however, our tarnished brand of capitalism has to regain the moral high ground.
不过，要想实现这一点，我们失去光泽的资本主义品牌就必须重新占领道德高地。
But this record has become tarnished in recent years in particular over the crisis in Zimbabwe.
但这一纪录已在近些年来受到玷污，尤其是在津巴布韦危机一事上。
The firm's good name was badly tarnished by the scandal.
这件丑事玷污了公司的好名声。
His mere presence seemed to recall to them the memory of the innocence that they had tarnished.
他一到场，就使他们想起给他们玷污了的天真无邪的人。