sullying v. (诗、文)有损于,败坏;弄脏;玷污(sully 的现在分词)
- Others fear sullying a vintage’s reputation and thereby reducing the value of their own collections.
另一些则担心玷污了葡萄酒的声誉会降低自己拥有葡萄酒的收藏价值。 - They detained TaJoe and her mother, accusing them of sullying the name of a respected member of the community.
他们拘留了塔乔母女,指控她们玷污社区里一位受人尊敬的成员的名声。 - How much oil is already sullying the gulf, and thus how far the disaster’s effects may yet spread, is a matter of dispute.
已经玷污了海湾的石油有多少,这场灾难的影响可能蔓延多远,是具有争论的问题。
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.