tarnish

1. V-T 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. 玷汙; 損壞 (名聲或形象)

The affair could tarnish the reputation of the senator. 這一事件可能有損那位蓡議員的名聲。

2. tarnishedADJ 受玷汙了的; 受損了的

He says he wants to improve the tarnished image of his country. 他說(shuō)想改善他的國(guó)家已受損的形象。

3. V-T/V-I If a metal tarnishes or if something tarnishes it, it becomes stained and loses its brightness. 玷汙; 變得有汙跡

It never rusts or tarnishes. 它從不生鏽，也沒(méi)有汙跡。