taint
英 [teɪnt]
美[tent]
- vt. 污染；腐蚀；使感染
- n. 污点；感染
- vi. 败坏；被污染
词态变化
复数: taints;第三人称单数: taints;过去式: tainted;过去分词: tainted;现在分词: tainting;形容词: tainted;
助记提示
1. tinge => taint.
2. The Latin past participle of tingere, tinctus, lies behind English taint [14], tincture [14], and tint [18].
3. paint <====> taint
2. The Latin past participle of tingere, tinctus, lies behind English taint [14], tincture [14], and tint [18].
3. paint <====> taint
中文词源
taint 染色，污点，使腐坏，玷污
来自古法语 teint,颜色，色泽，来自拉丁语 tinctus,染色，来自 tingere,使染色，浸染，词源同 tincture,tinge.引申诸相关词义。拼写比较 point,puncture.
英英释意
- 1. the state of being contaminated
英文词源
- taint
- taint: see tinge
- taint (v.)
- 1570s, "to corrupt, contaminate," also "to touch, tinge, imbue slightly" (1590s), from Middle English teynten "to convict, prove guilty" (late 14c.), partly from Old French ataint, past participle of ataindre "to touch upon, seize" (see attainder). Also from Anglo-French teinter "to color, dye" (early 15c.), from Old French teint (12c.), past participle of teindre "to dye, color," from Latin tingere (see tincture). Related: Tainted; tainting.
- taint (n.)
- c. 1600, "stain, spot," from Old French teint "color, hue, dye, stain," from Latin tinctus "a dyeing," from tingere "to dye" (see tincture). Meaning "a moral stain, corruption, contaminating influence" is from 1610s.
实用场景例句
- The administration was tainted with scandal.
- 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
牛津词典
- tainted drinking water
- 污染的饮用水
牛津词典
- to be free from the taint of corruption
- 不受腐败影响
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...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
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Rancid oil will taint the flavour.
- 变质的油会破坏味道。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...blood tainted with the AIDS and hepatitis viruses.
- 被艾滋病毒和肝炎病毒污染的血液
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- And these must be addressed if they are not to taint the wider market.
- 这些必须解决,否则可能扩散到更广泛的市场.
期刊摘选
- Meat will readily taint in close weather.
- 肉在闷热天气容易腐败.
辞典例句
- Can we be sure they are free from any taint of disloyalty?
- 我们能确保他们一点不忠诚的污点都没有 吗 ?
期刊摘选
- There seems to be a taint of drunkenness in his family.
- 他的家族中似乎有酗酒的遗风.
辞典例句
- Then, slowly, he began to take a terrible joy in his taint.
- 后来, 慢慢地, 他开始对自己身上的污点怀着一种可怕的喜悦.
辞典例句
- Moral taint has spread among young people.
- 道德的败坏在年轻人之间蔓延.
辞典例句
- Such assurances have done little to quiet fears that Connell continues to taint the air.
- 这样的保证对于消除对康乃尔继续污染空气的恐惧没有起任何作用.
期刊摘选
- Keep away from strong smells ( paints, solvents, cleaning fluids , etc ) that could taint the wine.
- 远离浓烈的味道 ( 油漆 、 化学溶剂 、 洗洁精等 ),这些会污染葡萄酒.
期刊摘选
- Everything possible should be done to free them from the economic taint.
- 应尽可能把他们从经济的腐蚀中解脱出来.
辞典例句
- The warm weather will taint the food.
- 炎热的天气会使食品腐烂.
期刊摘选
- The taint within it resonates with the corruption in my bones.
- 它其中的污秽之力与我骨髓里的堕落共鸣着.
期刊摘选
- Objective The exploration and analysis of detect method by lung taint germ of senior citizen.
- 目的探究老年人肺部感染病原菌的检测方法,分析病原菌谱.
期刊摘选
- There are two common wine faults with Wine, cork taint and oxidation.
- 葡萄酒有两个常见的故障, 瓶塞污染或发生氧化.
期刊摘选
- Hitherto Barchester had escaped the taint of any extreme rigour of church doctrine.
- 顶到这时候为止,巴彻斯特一直逃脱了任何极端严厉的教条的污染.
辞典例句
- No taint of dishonor ever touched him.
- 他从未蒙受不名誉的污点.
期刊摘选
- Red Talons dwell in the deepest wilderness, away from the taint that humans bring.
- 红色魔爪居住在荒野的最深处, 远离人类带来的污染.
期刊摘选
- Such is the taint in us.
- 这就是我们的缺点.
辞典例句
- Bad books will taint the young mind.
- 坏书会毒害年青人的思想.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- Rancid oil will taint the flavour.
- 变质的油会破坏味道。
柯林斯例句