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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 18429 COCA: 13635

tarnish

verb
/ˈtɑːnɪʃ/
/ˈtɑːrnɪʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they tarnish
/ˈtɑːnɪʃ/
/ˈtɑːrnɪʃ/
he / she / it tarnishes
/ˈtɑːnɪʃɪz/
/ˈtɑːrnɪʃɪz/
past simple tarnished
/ˈtɑːnɪʃt/
/ˈtɑːrnɪʃt/
past participle tarnished
/ˈtɑːnɪʃt/
/ˈtɑːrnɪʃt/
-ing form tarnishing
/ˈtɑːnɪʃɪŋ/
/ˈtɑːrnɪʃɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] if metal tarnishes or something tarnishes it, it no longer looks bright and shiny（使）失去光泽，暗淡
    • The mirrors had tarnished with age.这些镜子因年深日久而照影不清楚。
    • tarnish something The silver candlesticks were tarnished and dusty.银烛台都发乌了，满是灰尘。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • badly
    • slightly
    See full entry
  2. [transitive, often passive] to damage the good opinion people have of somebody/something玷污，败坏，损坏（名声等） synonym taint
    • be tarnished Reputations can be easily tarnished.声誉很容易受损。
    • He hopes to improve the newspaper's somewhat tarnished public image.他希望改善报纸略有受损的公众形象。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • severely
    • slightly
    • somewhat
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from French terniss-, lengthened stem of ternir, from terne ‘dark, dull’.

tarnish

noun
/ˈtɑːnɪʃ/
/ˈtɑːrnɪʃ/
[singular, uncountable]
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  1. a thin layer on the surface of a metal that makes it look darker and less bright（金属表面上的）暗锈
    Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from French terniss-, lengthened stem of ternir, from terne ‘dark, dull’.
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 18429 COCA: 13635
tarnish

verb¹

 1become/make sth less bright（使）變暗淡ADVERB➤badly極其暗淡◇The mirror had tarnished quite badly.這面鏡子已經沒什麼光澤了。➤slightly略顯暗淡
tarnish

verb²

 2spoil sth敗壞ADVERB➤severely嚴重損壞◇their severely tarnished reputation他們嚴重受損的名譽➤slightly, somewhat輕微／有幾分玷污▸➤unfairly不公平地玷污▸➤forever永久玷污
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 18429 COCA: 13635
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 18429 COCA: 13635
tarnish
To harm someone's reputation: discredit, slander, taint...
To become a different colour: blacken, bleach, bleed...
To change the colour of something: colour, paint, dye...

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