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sully v.玷污；弄脏n.<古>污点；污斑 (1) 我决不接受贿赂，一尘不染。(2) 你不应该平白无故地污蔑他人格低下。(3) 再有任何召回事件都会玷污它们的声誉，而且可能无法挽回。(4) 他的双手从来都是一尘不染。(5) 她犹豫了一下，怕把亮闪闪的洗涤槽弄脏。 Sully can also mean to tarnish or make spotty. It's easy to remember this meaning when you know that sully comes from the Middle French word souiller, meaning, "make dirty." For example, dripping chocolate sauce onto the table will sully your mother's new white tablecloth. Another meaning of sully is to corrupt or cast suspicion on. If an automaker recalls millions of vehicles due to safety problems, it doesn't exactly inspire confidence — in fact, it may sully their brand.

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英 ['sʌli] 美 ['sʌli] (1) I wouldn't sully my hands by acceptinga bribe.(2) You shouldn't sully his character for no reason.(3) Any further recalls will sully their reputations, perhaps irreparably.(4) No speck of dirt had ever sullied his hands.(5) She wondered if she dared risk sullying the gleaming sink. To sully is to attack someone's good name and to try to ruin his reputation. If you spread false rumors that there's chicken stock in the vegetarian entree at Joe's Diner, you would sully Joe's good reputation. 1[VERB 动词]败坏；有损于；使贬值 If something is sullied by something else, it is damaged so that it is no longer pure or of such high value.   [be V-ed]  [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]The City's reputation has been sullied by scandals like those at Lloyd's...类似劳埃德保险公司的那些丑闻令伦敦名声扫地。She claimed they were sullying her good name.她声称他们在败坏她的名誉。2[VERB 动词]弄脏；玷污 If someone sullies something, they make it dirty.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it.我不愿意伸手去抓那闪亮的黄铜门环，怕把它弄脏。

英语单词	sully
英美音标	英 ['sʌli] 美 ['sʌli]
中文释义	v.玷污；弄脏 n.<古>污点；污斑
英语例句	(1) I wouldn't sully my hands by acceptinga bribe. (2) You shouldn't sully his character for no reason. (3) Any further recalls will sully their reputations, perhaps irreparably. (4) No speck of dirt had ever sullied his hands. (5) She wondered if she dared risk sullying the gleaming sink.
中文例句	(1) 我决不接受贿赂，一尘不染。 (2) 你不应该平白无故地污蔑他人格低下。 (3) 再有任何召回事件都会玷污它们的声誉，而且可能无法挽回。 (4) 他的双手从来都是一尘不染。 (5) 她犹豫了一下，怕把亮闪闪的洗涤槽弄脏。
vocabulary简明	To sully is to attack someone's good name and to try to ruin his reputation. If you spread false rumors that there's chicken stock in the vegetarian entree at Joe's Diner, you would sully Joe's good reputation.
vocabulary扩展	Sully can also mean to tarnish or make spotty. It's easy to remember this meaning when you know that sully comes from the Middle French word souiller, meaning, "make dirty." For example, dripping chocolate sauce onto the table will sully your mother's new white tablecloth. Another meaning of sully is to corrupt or cast suspicion on. If an automaker recalls millions of vehicles due to safety problems, it doesn't exactly inspire confidence — in fact, it may sully their brand.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]败坏；有损于；使贬值 If something is sullied by something else, it is damaged so that it is no longer pure or of such high value. [be V-ed] [V n] [FORMAL 正式] The City's reputation has been sullied by scandals like those at Lloyd's... 类似劳埃德保险公司的那些丑闻令伦敦名声扫地。 She claimed they were sullying her good name. 她声称他们在败坏她的名誉。 2 [VERB 动词]弄脏；玷污 If someone sullies something, they make it dirty. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it. 我不愿意伸手去抓那闪亮的黄铜门环，怕把它弄脏。

Sully Sullied Good I Recalls Gleaming Reputation Joe's