sully
美音:
[´sʌlı
]英音:
[´sʌlı
]v.玷污
难易程度:
sully为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词复数:sullies 动词过去式:sullied 过去分词:sullied 现在分词:sullying 第三人称单数:sullies
sully
/'sʌlɪ; `sʌlɪ/
v (pt, pp sullied) [Tn] (fml or rhet usu fig 文或修辞, 通常作比喻) make (sth) dirty; stain; ruin or destroy (sb's reputation, etc) 弄脏(某物); 玷污或破坏(某人的名声等)
*I wouldn't sully my hands by acceptinga bribe. 我决不接受贿赂, 一尘不染.
* sully sb's name, honour, etc 玷污某人的名声、荣誉等.
sully
v past tense and past participlesulliedpresent participlesullyingthird person singularsullies [T]
formal or literary
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from Old French soiller; SOIL2]
to spoil or reduce the value of something that was perfect
a scandal that sullied his reputation