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单词 taint
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taint
verb[T]
uk
/teɪnt/us
/teɪnt/
tospoilsomething or give it anunpleasantquality:
Hisreputationwaspermanentlytainted by thefinancialscandal.那起财务丑闻让他一辈子声名狼藉。
Hewarnedoftoxinssuch asmercurytainting somefish.
More examples
  • His firsttermofofficewas tainted byscandal.
  • We don'twantpeopleout there taintingourreputation.
  • It wasfoundthat the groundwater had been tainted with astringoftoxins.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Damaging and spoiling
  • adulterate
  • adulterated
  • adulteration
  • alloy
  • at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
  • at-risk
  • erode
  • flaw
  • foul
  • foul(something)up
  • gild the lilyidiom
  • gloss
  • gnaw
  • rampage
  • ravage
  • ravages
  • ruin
  • scourge
  • sour
  • wreck
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taint
noun[Cusually singular,U]
uk
/teɪnt/us
/teɪnt/
theactorresultofspoilingsomething or giving it anunpleasantquality:
Hemanagedtoescapetheworsttaint of the Watergatescandal.
Theenquiryclearedhim of any taintofsuspicion/dishonesty.
More examples
  • Peoplecaughtwith less than anounceofmarijuanamightavoidthe taint of acriminalrecord.
  • Theairborethe taint ofoilyair-conditioning.
  • Asdeathsamong those taking thedrugmounted, the FDAdiscoveredthe taint andbannedthecontaminateddrug.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Damaging reputation
  • anti-defamation
  • aspersion
  • besmirch
  • black mark
  • blacken
  • blot
  • demonize
  • dog
  • dragsomeone'sname through the mire/mudidiom
  • give a dog a bad nameidiom
  • hurl/throw/sling mud atsomeoneidiom
  • poison
  • self-immolation
  • show someone in a bad lightidiom
  • slander
  • slanderer
  • slanderous
  • smear
  • stab
  • stain
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(Definition oftaintfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
taint
verb[T]
uk
/teɪnt/us
/teɪnt/
tospoilsomething,especiallyfoodorblood, byaddingaharmfulsubstance, or tospoilpeople'sopinionof someone
（通过添加有害物质而）污染（食品、血液等）；玷污，败坏
Hisreputationwaspermanentlytainted by thefinancialscandal.那起财务丑闻让他一辈子声名狼藉。

taint| American Dictionary

taint
verb[T]
us
/teɪnt/
todamagethequality,taste, orvalueof something:
Bacteria had tainted themeat.
Hisreputationwaspermanentlytainted by thescandal.

taint

noun[U]us
/teɪnt/
The taint ofscandalfollowedhim foryears.
(Definition oftaintfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftaint

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On the other hand, purists felt that such commercialization tainted the true pursuit of natural philosophy.
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Released from its owntaint, prenatal testing could more effectively facilitate women's reproductive freedom and the many important ways that freedom ramifies through women's lives.
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Unlike poverty, disability is seen as ataintthat is difficult or impossible to purge.
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The work of their predecessors was tainted, either by censorship of what they wrote or - more seriously - by political control of the basic research itself.
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The reputation of the violin was tainted by its connection with travelling musicians.
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For some people, the symbol of the nation, the dynasty, was threatened and in danger of becoming tainted.
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It was tainted by association with small farmers and commoners, and was a nuisance to estate proprietors.
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They are a reflection of the perpetrators' self-image based on the desire for exculpation and tainted by retrospection.
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No hint of dishonesty, let alone criminality, had ever tainted the family.
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First, there were those who considered children to be 'little devils', tainted by original sin.
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Rainwater drained from the hut roofs into tanks was sometimes tainted with salt and fragments of seaweed after gales.
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All art in the novel, including this phase of charitable art, is tainted by its association with treacherous fashionable society.
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If this is the case, the shareholders' (pensioners) consent to rules voted by pension fund managers is ' tainted ' by a conflict of interest.
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There's also as construct to convert tainted data to un-tainted form so that dangerous functions can be used on it.
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The feeling that all doubtful subjects were tainted by association with each other was very strong among scientists.
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