Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense taints, present participle tainting, past tense, past participle tainted
1VERB 玷污,毁坏,损害,败坏(地位、名誉) If a person or thing is tainted by something bad or undesirable, their status or reputation is harmed because they are associated with it. 玷污,毁坏,损害,败坏(地位、名誉)
Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption. [beVERB-ed]
反对派领导人说,选举中存在舞弊现象。
...a series of political scandals that has tainted the political stars of a generation. [VERB noun]
He came out only slightly tainted by telling millions of viewers he and his wife had had marital problems.
他在数百万电视观众面前公开承认自己与妻子的婚姻出现了问题后,声望只是略有下跌。
...tainted evidence.
有瑕疵的证据
2N-COUNT [usually singular](地位、名誉的)玷污,污点,瑕疵 A taint is an undesirable quality which spoils the status or reputation of someone or something. (地位、名誉的)玷污,污点,瑕疵
Her government never really shook off the taint of corruption. [+ of]
她的政府从来没有真正摆脱掉腐败的阴影。
She could smell the taint of sin in the most innocent of passions.