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词汇 taint
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taint

verb
/teɪnt/
/teɪnt/
[often passive] (formal)
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they taint
/teɪnt/
/teɪnt/
he / she / it taints
/teɪnts/
/teɪnts/
past simple tainted
/ˈteɪntɪd/
/ˈteɪntɪd/
past participle tainted
/ˈteɪntɪd/
/ˈteɪntɪd/
-ing form tainting
/ˈteɪntɪŋ/
/ˈteɪntɪŋ/
  1. to damage or harm the quality of something or the opinion that people have of somebody/something使腐坏;污染;玷污,败坏(名声)
    • be tainted with something The administration was tainted with scandal.丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
    • be tainted by something The courts were irredeemably tainted by past association with the military.法庭因过去与军方的联系而受到不可挽回的玷污。
    词源Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘convict, prove guilty’): partly from Old French teint ‘tinged’, based on Latin tingere ‘to dye, tinge’; partly a shortening of attaint.

taint

noun
/teɪnt/
/teɪnt/
[usually singular] (formal)
  1. the effect of something bad or unpleasant that damages or harms the quality of somebody/something腐坏;污染;玷污
    • to be free from the taint of corruption不受腐败影响
    • trying to save his son from the taint of prison试图把他的儿子从监狱的污点中拯救出来
    词源Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘convict, prove guilty’): partly from Old French teint ‘tinged’, based on Latin tingere ‘to dye, tinge’; partly a shortening of attaint.
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