| 词汇 | sullying |
| 释义 | sullying present participle ofsully sully verb[ T ] formaluk /ˈsʌl.i/ us /ˈsʌl.i/ to spoil something that is pure or someone's perfect reputation: 玷污;败坏 His reputation, he said, had been unfairly sullied by half-truths and innuendos.他说他的声誉已经被一些半真半假的报道和含沙射影的说法给抹黑了。 to make something dirty: 弄脏 No speck of dirt had ever sullied his hands.他的双手总是干干净净的。 Damaging reputation anti-defamation aspersion besmirch black mark blacken blot defame demonize dog drag someone's name through the mire/mudidiom give a dog a bad nameidiom scurrilously self-immolation show someone in a bad lightidiom slander slanderer slur smear stab stain You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making things dirty & untidy Examples of sullyingsullying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Who is sullying what fountain and what justice? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We thought that that was sullying the clear stream of authority and that it was positively calculated to mislead. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He rather spoiled the beginning of the debate, sullying it with a bit of party politics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here was he, a riverbed beggar, an outcast, barely human, daring to think of sullying the purity of parliament with his presence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She is fined 1 in court, but she is mainly worried about the local newspaper carrying the story and sullying her reputation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Tzeentch is not above sullying his hands with the blood of war, though he much prefers to gain victory through guile, cunning and schemes rather than brute force. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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