英 [ˈteɪntɪd] 美 [ˈteɪntɪd]
adj. 污染的；感染的
taint /teɪnt/ CET6+ TEM8 [ tainting tainted taints ]
及物动词 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
Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption.
反对派领导人说这些选举已被腐败玷污了。
形容词 受玷污的
He came out only slightly tainted by telling millions of viewers he and his wife had had marital problems.
他告诉上百万观众他和他的妻子已有婚姻问题，结果他只是略受影响。
可数名词 A taint is an undesirable quality which ruins the status or reputation of someone or something. 污点
Her government never really shook off the taint of corruption.
她的政府从未真正甩掉腐败的污点。
及物动词 If an unpleasant substance taints food or medicine, the food or medicine is spoiled or damaged by it. 使 (食品或药品) 变坏
Rancid oil will taint the flavour.
变质的油会破坏味道。
污染的
...tais) -... taint污点，污名；<... tainted腐坏的；污染的；沾污... taintless无污点的，纯洁清白的...
... contaminated 受污染的 tainted 感染的 fouled 动词foul的过去式,动...
污染的；感染的
Bad corks get the rap for as much as 15 percent of tainted wine.
坏木塞被指造成多达15%的葡萄酒受污染。
The administration was tainted with scandal.
丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption.
反对派领导人说这些选举已被腐败玷污了。
A storm destroyed his house in 2007, he says.And worse, storm surges have tainted the water supply with salt.
VOA : standard.2009.12.21
And so this one you didn't choose is then tainted and you turn and then when compared to a third one you favor that third one.
你第一次没选上的那粒就被打上污点了,当拿它和第三粒相比较时,你就会偏向于第三粒。
心理学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
All of those are imagined as tainted by the dirt of the body."
这些人都被想象成满身污垢“
心理学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
But the top U.S.diplomat for Afghanistan has told the British broadcaster a rerun of the tainted election is "out of the question."
VOA : standard.2009.09.11
Abudllah's campaign contends that up to one of every four votes cast in last month's election are under suspicion of being tainted.
VOA : standard.2009.09.15
In September 2013 his New York-based company issued a recall after its mold-tainted yogurt cups left hundreds ill.
The catalyst: ratings agency downgrades on structured products like collateralized debt obligations containing subprime-tainted mortgage collateral.
The woman pleaded guilty to 41 counts of stealing, fraud and possession of tainted property.