taints

英 [teɪnts]

美 [teɪnts]

v.  使腐坏; 污染; 玷污，败坏(名声)
n.  腐坏; 污染; 玷污
taint的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 玷污，毁坏，损害，败坏(地位、名誉)
  If a person or thingis tainted bysomething bad or undesirable, their status or reputation is harmed because they are associated with it.
  1. Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption.
     反对派领导人说，选举中存在舞弊现象。
  2. ...a series of political scandals that has tainted the political stars of a generation.
     令一整代政治明星声名染上污点的一系列政治丑闻
• N-COUNT (地位、名誉的)玷污，污点，瑕疵
  Ataintis an undesirable quality which spoils the status or reputation of someone or something.
  1. Her government never really shook off the taint of corruption...
     她的政府从来没有真正摆脱掉腐败的阴影。
  2. She could smell the taint of sin in the most innocent of passions.
     哪怕是再纯真的恋情她也能从中嗅出罪恶的味道。
• VERB 污染，毁坏(食品、药品)
  If an unpleasant substancetaintsfood or medicine, the food or medicine is spoiled or damaged by it.
  1. Rancid oil will taint the flavour.
     变质的油会破坏味道。
  2. ...blood tainted with the AIDS and hepatitis viruses.
     被艾滋病毒和肝炎病毒污染的血液

双语例句

• A foe to God was ne'er true friend to man, Some sinister intent taints all he does.
  敌视上帝的人决不是人真正的朋友，他的所为都被邪恶的意图污染了。
• Doping is a curse that taints the achievements of clean athletes and robs them of the respect they deserve.
  兴奋剂是一个诅咒，将严重玷污其他’干净‘运动员所获得的成就，并剥夺了他们应有的尊重。
• With each new revelation that taints the armed forces, ever more Turks fret that the army may be undermining the state.
  随着越来越多军队腐败的曝光，越来越多的土耳其人担忧军队会玷污本国形象。
• From a user perspective, development and QA teams need to validate thousands of transaction scenarios into the system& but every time one team uses the environment, it taints the data in the environment for other teams.
  从一个用户角度来看，开发和QA团队需要验证系统中数千个事务场景&每次只有一个系统在使用环境，但是对于其他团队来说它会污染环境中的数据。