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。

Have they had their reputations tarnished?
他们的声誉是否受损了？
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。
I rob both of my son's good name, which I have tarnished, and of his mother's fortune.
我既沾污了儿子的姓氏，又侵占了他母亲的一份财产。
Today, the image of technical competence and environmental responsibility has been tarnished.
今天，BP在技术能力和环保责任方面的形象已经蒙污。
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。
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。
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。
It had to be to rescue a brand that had started to become tarnished. worn or faded from being on display in a store.
这场演出不得不进行以挽救一个品牌&这一品牌已经开始褪色了。在商店陈列久了而变旧的或褪色的。
His reputation has been tarnished by their slanders.
他的名誉因他们的中伤而受玷污。
Tonight we will make a memory that will never be tarnished.
今晚我们将有一个永不磨灭的回忆。