sullied v. 玷污,败坏;弄脏(sully 的过去式和过去分词)
- Both are issued by rich countries with stable banks that have not sullied the public finances.
两者都是通过与已发行尚未玷污了公共财政稳定银行丰富的国家。 - China’s image in Africa is sullied by more than just cowboy entrepreneurs, admits an official.
一位官员承认说,中国在非洲的形象不单单这些牛仔企业家所玷污的。 - Such unconventional policy is far less controversial than in America, where it has sullied relations between the Federal Reserve and Republican politicians.
这种非常规的政策不会像在美国那样引起争议,美联储与共和党政客们已为此大为不睦。
Sully \Sul"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sullied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sullying}.] [OE. sulien, AS. sylian, fr. sol mire; akin to
G. suhle mire, sich, s["u]hlen to wallow, Sw. s["o]la to
bemire, Dan. s["o]le, Goth. bisaulijan to defile.]
To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken;
-- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to
sully a person's reputation.
Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke.
--Roscommon.
No spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity.
--Atterbury.