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tarnish n.晦暗；污渍v.沾污 (1) 湿气使得银器毫无光泽。(2) 检查餐具的清洁,保证光亮无污渍。(3) 这件丑事玷污了公司的好名声。(4) 如果这消息传出去 As a noun, a tarnish is the dull layer of corrosion that sometimes forms on metal items, usually the result of the metal reacting to oxygen in the air. Metals are most likely to tarnish, but so can anything that once felt sparkly and bright but has lost its luster — even you. If the new kid just beat you in chess, your reputation as the best chess player in your class has started to tarnish. Better not lose again!

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英 ['tɑːnɪʃ] 美 ['tɑːrnɪʃ] (1) Moisture leads to the tarnish of the silverware.(2) Check cutlery to make sure them free from tarnish and stain.(3) The firm's good name was badly tarnished by the scandal.(4) If news of this gets out, it will tarnish his image. To tarnish is to become dull or discolored. Silver tends to tarnish easily, which is why your mother is always having you polish the family silver. 1[VERB 动词]玷污，败坏，损害(名誉或形象) If you say that something tarnishes someone's reputation or image, you mean that it causes people to have a worse opinion of them than they would otherwise have had.   [V n]The affair could tarnish the reputation of the prime minister...这一事件可能有损首相的名誉。His image was tarnished by the savings and loan scandal.他的形象因为那桩储蓄信贷丑闻而受损。tarnishedHe says he wants to improve the tarnished image of his country.他说他想改善自己国家受损的形象。2[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)有污迹；(使)失去光泽；(使)变暗淡 If a metal tarnishes or if something tarnishes it, it becomes stained and loses its brightness.   [V]  [V n]It never rusts or tarnishes...它从不生锈，也不会失去光泽。Wear cotton gloves when cleaning silver, because the acid in your skin can tarnish the metal.清洁银器时要戴上棉手套，因为你皮肤里的酸性物质会使它失去光泽。tarnished...its brown surfaces of tarnished brass.它那失去光泽的褐色的黄铜表面3[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]锈斑；污点 Tarnish is a substance which forms of the surface of some metals and which stains them or causes them to lose their brightness. The tarnish lay thick on the inside of the ring.戒指内侧有一层厚厚的锈斑。

英语单词	tarnish
英美音标	英 ['tɑːnɪʃ] 美 ['tɑːrnɪʃ]
中文释义	n.晦暗；污渍 v.沾污
英语例句	(1) Moisture leads to the tarnish of the silverware. (2) Check cutlery to make sure them free from tarnish and stain. (3) The firm's good name was badly tarnished by the scandal. (4) If news of this gets out, it will tarnish his image.
中文例句	(1) 湿气使得银器毫无光泽。 (2) 检查餐具的清洁,保证光亮无污渍。 (3) 这件丑事玷污了公司的好名声。 (4) 如果这消息传出去
vocabulary简明	To tarnish is to become dull or discolored. Silver tends to tarnish easily, which is why your mother is always having you polish the family silver.
vocabulary扩展	As a noun, a tarnish is the dull layer of corrosion that sometimes forms on metal items, usually the result of the metal reacting to oxygen in the air. Metals are most likely to tarnish, but so can anything that once felt sparkly and bright but has lost its luster — even you. If the new kid just beat you in chess, your reputation as the best chess player in your class has started to tarnish. Better not lose again!
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]玷污，败坏，损害(名誉或形象) If you say that something tarnishes someone's reputation or image, you mean that it causes people to have a worse opinion of them than they would otherwise have had. [V n] The affair could tarnish the reputation of the prime minister... 这一事件可能有损首相的名誉。 His image was tarnished by the savings and loan scandal. 他的形象因为那桩储蓄信贷丑闻而受损。 tarnished He says he wants to improve the tarnished image of his country. 他说他想改善自己国家受损的形象。 2 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)有污迹；(使)失去光泽；(使)变暗淡 If a metal tarnishes or if something tarnishes it, it becomes stained and loses its brightness. [V] [V n] It never rusts or tarnishes... 它从不生锈，也不会失去光泽。 Wear cotton gloves when cleaning silver, because the acid in your skin can tarnish the metal. 清洁银器时要戴上棉手套，因为你皮肤里的酸性物质会使它失去光泽。 tarnished ...its brown surfaces of tarnished brass. 它那失去光泽的褐色的黄铜表面 3 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]锈斑；污点 Tarnish is a substance which forms of the surface of some metals and which stains them or causes them to lose their brightness. The tarnish lay thick on the inside of the ring. 戒指内侧有一层厚厚的锈斑。

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