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Blemish Spoil Paradigmatic Impeccable French Turn Pale Injure

单词 blemish
音标 ['blemiʃ]
解释 v.损害;玷污;n.瑕疵,缺点
红宝书 【英】 v.损害,玷污(to mar; spoil the perfection of );n.瑕疵,缺点(defect )
【考】 anomaly : paradigmatic / blemish : flawless(反常不是范例的/污 点不是无瑕的)blemish : impeccable / guile : artless(反义: 玷污对无瑕/狡诈对朴 实)
【记】 blem(弄伤)+ish→把 …弄伤→损害,玷污
【例】 One illness will blemish your perfect attendance record.
字源 blemish (v.)
early 14c., "to hurt, damage," from Old French blemiss- "to turn pale," extended stem of blemir, blesmir "to make pale; stain, discolor," also "to injure" (13c., Modern French blêmir), probably from Frankish *blesmjan "to cause to turn pale," or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *blas "shining, white," from PIE root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)).
The order of appearance of senses in Middle English is "hurt, damage;" "impair morally, sully" (late 14c.); "mar, spoil, injure" (early 15c.); "to mar the beauty or soundness of" (mid-15c.). Related: Blemished; blemishing.
blemish (n.)
1520s, from blemish (v.).
不择手段背单词 v. 损害, 玷污(声誉等) = mar = spoil = prejudice = tarnish = vitiate; n 瑕疵, 缺点 = defect
【例】One bad deed can blemish a good reputation 一次不良的行为可损害好的名声.
【记】读: 布莱(尔)迷失. 这个可不是女巫布莱尔, 是英国首相布莱尔, 如果他丢了, 是不是英国皇室的一大耻辱?
【类】anomaly: paradigmatic = blemish: flawless反常不是范例的 = 污点不是无瑕的blemish: impeccable = guile: artless玷污不会无瑕的 = 狡诈不会朴实的pristine: blemish 质朴的: 玷污
趣味全助记 【记】blame 责备的是缺点;problem 问题 缺点的后半部
【相关】flaw 缺点 裂纹

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