Taint



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.玷污, 败坏
• ［英］ v.玷污, 败坏 ( to contaminate morally;corrupt)
• ［记］ tain ( 拿住, 弄脏) +t;
• ［同］ 参考: attaint ( 玷污) ;stain ( 玷污, 染色)
• ［例］ The moral taint has spread among all classes.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English teynten to color & taynten to attaint; Middle English teynten, from Anglo-French teinter, from teint, past participle of teindre, from Latin tingere; Middle English taynten, short for attaynten — more at tinge, attain
• Date: 1573
• transitive verb
  • 1. to contaminate morally ; corrupt <scholarship tainted by envy>
  • 2. to affect with putrefaction ; spoil
  • 3. to touch or affect slightly with something bad <persons tainted with prejudice>
• intransitive verb
  • 1. obsolete to become weak
  • 2. to become affected with putrefaction ; spoil
• Synonyms: see contaminate

II. noun

• Date: 1601
• a contaminating mark or influence <the taint of scandal>
• ? taintless adjective

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