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Sully

Sully
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  • 易混淆的单词：sully  

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

1. VERB 败坏;有损于;使贬值 If something is sullied by something else, it is damaged so that it is no longer pure or of such high value. 

  • 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。

  • She claimed they were sullying her good name.

    她声称他们在败坏她的名誉。

2. VERB 弄脏;玷污 If someone sullies something, they make it dirty. 

  • 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。

Verb

1. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;

  • "sully someone's reputation"

2. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically;

  • "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"
  • "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

3. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone;

  • "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"