smearing [
'smiəriŋ]
污点
拖尾效应
- A smear or blot; a smudge.
污迹,脏污;污点 - This accusation of bribery is a vile smear on an honorable citizen.
这项有关贿赂的指控是对一个正直公民的无耻诽谤。
Smear \Smear\ (sm[=e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smeared}
(sm[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Smearing}.] [OE. smeren,
smerien, AS. smierwan, smyrwan, fr. smeoru fat, grease; akin
to D. smeren, OHG. smirwen, G. schmieren, Icel. smyrja to
anoint. See {Smear}, n.]
1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or
adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. ``Smear
the sleepy grooms with blood.'' --Shak.
2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain
morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. --Shak.
3. To smudge, blur, or render indistinct (writing, pictures,
etc.).
[PJC]
4. to vilify (a person); to damage (a person's reputation),
especially falsely or by unfair innuendo, and with
malicious intent.
[PJC]
- The suit's accusations against the unions include charges they conducted a public "smearing" of the carrier's reputation, staged illegal work slowdowns and tried to undermine worker loyalty, Eastern said in a press statement.
- "We urge the court to reject the (prosecutor's) efforts to obtain a prison sentence by smearing Oliver North," the defense said in a brief filed Monday.
- Reports surfaced of unrest among army officers for what they see as a campaign aimed at smearing the army.
- Some of the protesters made police officers' jobs more difficult by smearing themselves with petroleum jelly, said police spokesman Dennis Satariano.
- The Roman Catholic church on Sunday rejected accusations by the armed forces that its human rights office is smearing the military and the right-wing party that won elections last month.
- "I think she overstepped the bounds of decency by smearing my name in such a vicious way," he said.
- The mystery remains how the ethics office could have issued a report smearing the Pilons.