sully

英 [ˈsʌli]

美 [ˈsʌli]

v.  败坏; 有损于; 弄脏; 玷污

过去分词：sullied　过去式：sullied　现在分词：sullying　第三人称单数：sullies　

TOEFLGRETEM8

BNC.22089 / COCA.17902

牛津词典

verb

• 败坏；有损于
  to spoil or reduce the value of sth
• 弄脏；玷污
  to make sth dirty

柯林斯词典

• VERB 败坏;有损于;使贬值
  If somethingis sullied bysomething else, it is damaged so that it is no longer pure or of such high value.
  1. The City's reputation has been sullied by scandals like those at Lloyd's...
     类似劳埃德保险公司的那些丑闻令伦敦名声扫地。
  2. She claimed they were sullying her good name.
     她声称他们在败坏她的名誉。
• VERB 弄脏;玷污
  If someonesulliessomething, they make it dirty.
  1. I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it.
     我不愿意伸手去抓那闪亮的黄铜门环，怕把它弄脏。

双语例句

• But truly such is the power of the life, the holiness, the serenity, and the righteousness of a good emperor that not even the scorn felt for his kin can sully his own good name.
  然而，一位皇帝真实的生活的力量，他的神性，宁静和正义，不会被那些轻浮的亲戚辱没自己的名声。
• Sully has a prominent nose.
  萨利有一个凸出的高鼻子。
• Any further recalls will sully their reputations, perhaps irreparably.
  再有任何召回事件都会玷污它们的声誉，而且可能无法挽回。
• Sully peered into the blood-splattered cockpit.
  萨伦伯格察看了血迹斑斑的驾驶舱。
• Sully has always kept in mind the air-crew ejection study helearned about in his military days.
  萨伦伯格一直牢记着在部队服役时学的飞行人员弹射研究。
• 'I grew up in a home where each of us had our own hammer,'says Sully.
  萨伦伯格说，我成长在一个大家都有自己锤子的家庭。
• It does not matter if she is dead, such is the power of Badtimes, it reaches out beyond the grave to sully those things we hold most dear.
  这些都显示了此邮件的影响力，它就是这样毁掉了坟墓内外所有美好的事。
• I won't sully my hands with him.
  我不会因他而弄脏我的手。
• Love it, respect it, do not sully it, do not hinder it from coming to flower.
  爱生活，尊重它，不要让它蒙上阴影，不要阻止它绽放光华。
• Nothing had ever happened to sully her reputation.
  她的名声从来没有被什么事儿玷污过。