Blacken Make ˈblækən Black People Bad Verb Blackened
blacken (verb): 1. To make or become black. It refers to the act of turning something black or of causing it to become black. 2. To damage someone's reputation by saying or writing unpleasant things. It means to make someone seem bad or untrustworthy.
[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)变黑;弄黑;涂黑 To blacken something means to make it black or very dark in colour. Something that blackens becomes black or very dark in colour.
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The married women of Shitamachi maintained the custom of blackening their teeth...
下町的已婚女性还保留着把牙齿涂黑的习俗。
You need to grill the tomatoes until the skins blacken.
你得把番茄烤到皮变黑为止。
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[VERB 动词]诬蔑;玷污;给…抹黑 If someone blackens your character, they make other people believe that you are a bad person.
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He accused him of knowingly spreading falsehoods in an effort to blacken my character...
他指控他蓄意散布虚假信息以玷污我的人格。
They're trying to blacken our name.
他们企图败坏我们的名声。
Oxford
black·en/ˈblækən; NAmEˈblækən/verb1[transitive , intransitive ]blacken(sth) to make sth black; to become black (使)变黑◆Their faces were blackened with soot.他们满脸煤灰。◆Smoke had blackened the walls.烟把墙壁都熏黑了。2[transitive ]~ sb's name/reputation/characterto say unpleasant things that give people a bad opinion of sb 抹黑;丑化;败坏…的名誉◆He accused the newspaper of trying to blacken his name.他指责报纸企图败坏他的名声。blackenblackensblackenedblackeningblack·en/ˈblækən; NAmEˈblækən/
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blackenblack‧en /ˈblækən/ verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to become black, or to make something black: The thunder became louder and the sky blackened.2blacken somebody’s name/character/reputation to say unpleasant things about someone in order to make other people have a bad opinion of them
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blacken
[ˈblækən]blackened, blackening, blackens
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诽谤(100%)
n.(Blacken)人名;(英)布莱肯
vt.使变黑;诽谤,诋毁
vi.变黑
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