blemished

grammar · medium

易错句子The table surface is blemishing.

正确表达The table surface is blemished.

描述物体“有瑕疵、被弄脏”的状态时，要用过去分词 blemished 作形容词；-ing 形式 blemishing 表示“使…产生瑕疵”，与主语“桌面”是受事关系不符。

grammar · medium

易错句子His reputation blemished by the scandal.

正确表达His reputation was blemished by the scandal.

blemish 是及物动词，表示“名誉被玷污”时必须用被动语态 be + 过去分词；中文可以说“他的名誉被丑闻玷污”，但英语不能省略 be 动词。

grammar · medium

易错句子The scandal blemish his reputation last year.

正确表达The scandal blemished his reputation last year.

句子有明确的过去时间 last year，谓语要用一般过去时 blemished；中文动词没有时态变化，容易误用原形 blemish。