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. 玷污; 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參議員的名聲。

2. tarnishedADJ 受玷污了的; 受損了的

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

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

It never rusts or tarnishes. 它從不生銹，也沒有污跡。