defile

英 [dɪ'faɪl] 美 [dɪ'faɪl]

• vt. 弄脏；污损；败坏；玷污
• vi. 以纵队前进
• n. (山间)小道；狭谷

英英释义

Noun:

1. a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

Verb:

1. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;

   "sully someone's reputation"
   

2. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically;

   "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"
   "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
   

3. spot, stain, or pollute;

   "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Who are these men who defile the grassy borders of our roads and lanes.
   是谁污损了我们大路和小路两旁的草坪。
2. Insults alone cannot defile a person's honour.
   仅靠辱骂不可能败坏一个人的名誉。
3. Do not defile yourselves by any of these things.
   在这一切的事上，你们都不可玷污自己。
4. Then the people of Israel will no longer stray from me, nor will they defile themselves anymore with all their sins.
   好使以色列家不再走迷离开我，不再因各样的罪过玷污自己，只要作我的子民，我作他们的神。

经典引文

• An evyll birde that defiles hys own nest.

  出自： H. Latimer

近反义词

【近义词】

• corrupt 腐败的
• taint 污点
• sully 玷污
• gorge 峡谷
• besmirch 弄污
• dishonor 不名誉
• dishonour 不名誉
• desecrate 亵渎
• violate 侵犯
• pass 通过
• valley 山谷
• gap 缺口
• pollute 污染
• dirty 脏的
• parade 游行
• contaminate 弄脏
• file 档案
• march 行军
• maculate 弄脏
• tarnish 晦暗
• cloud 云
• foul 恶臭的
• stain 污点
• befoul 弄脏

【反义词】

• cleanse 使 ... 清洁