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taint n.污点；耻辱；感染v.污染；中毒 (1) 这样的保证丝毫没有安抚人们对康奈尔继续污染空气的担忧。 Tainted and "tinted" are similarly spelled words with dissimilar meanings–-"tint" is what happens when you add color to something––if you tint white with red, you get pink. On the other hand, if you taint something, you are somehow spoiling or corrupting it. If you taint meat with the salmonella virus, you have a disaster and a public panic.

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英 [teɪnt] 美 [teɪnt] (1) Such assurances have done little to quiet fears that Connell continues to taint the air. Taint means to contaminate. If your water supply is tainted with arsenic, you should stop drinking it right away. 1[VERB 动词]玷污，毁坏，损害，败坏(地位、名誉) If a person or thing is tainted by something bad or undesirable, their status or reputation is harmed because they are associated with it.   [be V-ed]  [V n]Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption.反对派领导人说，选举中存在舞弊现象。...a series of political scandals that has tainted the political stars of a generation.令一整代政治明星声名染上污点的一系列政治丑闻taintedHe came out only slightly tainted by telling millions of viewers he and his wife had had marital problems.他在数百万电视观众面前公开承认自己与妻子的婚姻出现了问题后，声望只是略有下跌。...tainted evidence.有瑕疵的证据2[N-COUNT 可数名词](地位、名誉的)玷污，污点，瑕疵 A taint is an undesirable quality which spoils the status or reputation of someone or something.   [usu sing]Her government never really shook off the taint of corruption...她的政府从来没有真正摆脱掉腐败的阴影。She could smell the taint of sin in the most innocent of passions.哪怕是再纯真的恋情她也能从中嗅出罪恶的味道。3[VERB 动词]污染，毁坏(食品、药品) If an unpleasant substance taints food or medicine, the food or medicine is spoiled or damaged by it.   [V n]  [V-ed]Rancid oil will taint the flavour.变质的油会破坏味道。...blood tainted with the AIDS and hepatitis viruses.被艾滋病毒和肝炎病毒污染的血液

英语单词	taint
英美音标	英 [teɪnt] 美 [teɪnt]
中文释义	n.污点；耻辱；感染 v.污染；中毒
英语例句	(1) Such assurances have done little to quiet fears that Connell continues to taint the air.
中文例句	(1) 这样的保证丝毫没有安抚人们对康奈尔继续污染空气的担忧。
vocabulary简明	Taint means to contaminate. If your water supply is tainted with arsenic, you should stop drinking it right away.
vocabulary扩展	Tainted and "tinted" are similarly spelled words with dissimilar meanings–-"tint" is what happens when you add color to something––if you tint white with red, you get pink. On the other hand, if you taint something, you are somehow spoiling or corrupting it. If you taint meat with the salmonella virus, you have a disaster and a public panic.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]玷污，毁坏，损害，败坏(地位、名誉) If a person or thing is tainted by something bad or undesirable, their status or reputation is harmed because they are associated with it. [be V-ed] [V n] Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption. 反对派领导人说，选举中存在舞弊现象。 ...a series of political scandals that has tainted the political stars of a generation. 令一整代政治明星声名染上污点的一系列政治丑闻 tainted He came out only slightly tainted by telling millions of viewers he and his wife had had marital problems. 他在数百万电视观众面前公开承认自己与妻子的婚姻出现了问题后，声望只是略有下跌。 ...tainted evidence. 有瑕疵的证据 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](地位、名誉的)玷污，污点，瑕疵 A taint is an undesirable quality which spoils the status or reputation of someone or something. [usu sing] Her government never really shook off the taint of corruption... 她的政府从来没有真正摆脱掉腐败的阴影。 She could smell the taint of sin in the most innocent of passions. 哪怕是再纯真的恋情她也能从中嗅出罪恶的味道。 3 [VERB 动词]污染，毁坏(食品、药品) If an unpleasant substance taints food or medicine, the food or medicine is spoiled or damaged by it. [V n] [V-ed] Rancid oil will taint the flavour. 变质的油会破坏味道。 ...blood tainted with the AIDS and hepatitis viruses. 被艾滋病毒和肝炎病毒污染的血液

Taint Ed Tainted Verb 动词 Status Reputation [V