defile sth
The oil spill defiled the beach.
石油泄漏污染了海滩。
玷污;败坏;亵渎;使不洁;使受怀疑;使(某人或某物)变得肮脏或不洁;弄脏,污染
to make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to soil or befoul
使(某人或某物)变得肮脏或不洁;弄脏,污染
To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
玷污,使道德败坏
To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.
使受怀疑
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
亵渎,玷污(神圣之物)
To act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane.
弄脏;玷污
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
使变得不洁(仪式上)
To cause (something or someone) to become ritually unclean.
一般现在时
They defile the river with industrial waste.
他们用工业废物弄脏河流。
一般过去时
He defiled the sacred temple.
他玷污了神圣的庙宇。
现在进行时
She is defiling the painting by adding graffiti.
她正在涂鸦污损那幅画。
规则动词,指弄脏或污损。
Vandals defiled the ancient temple with graffiti.
破坏分子用涂鸦污损了这座古庙。
用法提示:动词原形 defile 表示弄脏或污损某物。
The river was defiled by industrial waste.
这条河被工业废料污染了。
用法提示:过去分词 defiled 作被动语态,表示被弄脏或污染。
They were accused of defiling the national flag.
他们被指控亵渎国旗。
用法提示:动名词 defiling 作介词宾语,表示玷污的行为。
The oil spill defiled the beach.
石油泄漏污染了海滩。
常用以表示用不良物质玷污某物。
They defiled the temple with graffiti.
他们用涂鸦玷污了寺庙。
被动结构常用于抽象概念。
Her reputation was defiled by false rumors.
她的名誉被谣言玷污了。
更侧重物理上的玷污,语气中性,不如defile强烈
强调留下难以去除的痕迹,常指颜色或污点
常用于比喻声誉或形象受损,语气较文雅
文学用语,强调破坏纯洁或美好,语气正式
多指环境污染,也可用于抽象意义上的污染
grammar · medium
易错句子The water is defile.
正确表达The water is defiled.
defile 是及物动词,表示“弄脏”时常用过去分词作形容词,表示状态。
grammar · medium
易错句子He defiled with mud.
正确表达He defiled the floor with mud.
defile 是及物动词,后面必须跟宾语,不能单独使用。
对应 defile 的“弄脏、玷污”义(使某物或某人变得不洁);此义不覆盖“亵渎神圣之物”,后者应使用 consecrate、bless 等反义表达。
也可对应 defile 的“弄脏、玷污”义,侧重去除杂质、恢复洁净;与 clean 相比,purify 更强调“纯净”。
desecrate 只用于亵渎神圣的场所或物品(如教堂、陵墓、遗物);defile 可泛指弄脏、玷污或道德败坏。若对象不是宗教或神圣事物,一般不用 desecrate。
tarnish 字面指金属表面失去光泽,引申为损害名声;defile 侧重弄脏或道德上的玷污,不涉及金属氧化。说“玷污名誉”常用 tarnish,说“玷污心灵或圣地”用 defile 更合适。
defile 与 defy 拼写相近,但意思完全不同:defile 是“弄脏、玷污、亵渎”,defy 是“违抗、藐视”权威或规则。看宾语选择:宾语是污物、圣地或名誉时用 defile;宾语是某人或规则时用 defy。
亵渎神庙
The invaders defiled the temple and broke its sacred statues.
入侵者亵渎了神庙,打碎了里面的圣像。
玷污土地;污染土地
The chemical spill defiled the land that our grandparents farmed.
化学物质泄漏玷污了祖父母耕种过的土地。
亵渎死者;侮辱遗体
No decent person would defile the dead for money.
任何正派人都不会为了钱去亵渎死者。
玷污某人的名誉
The article defiled the mayor's reputation with false accusations.
那篇文章用不实指控玷污了市长的名誉。
玷污灵魂;使灵魂堕落
He believed that greed had defiled his soul.
他相信贪婪玷污了自己的灵魂。
亵渎安息日
The villagers thought that dancing on Sunday would defile the Sabbath.
村民们认为在星期天跳舞会亵渎安息日。
defile + -ment
defile + -er
un- + defile + -ed
defile + -ed
玷污婚姻之床;通奸,背叛配偶
He defiled the marriage bed by cheating on his wife.
他瞒着妻子出轨,玷污了婚姻之床。
玷污殿堂;糟蹋身体(把身体比作殿堂)
Stop smoking; you're defiling the temple that is your body.
别抽烟了,你这是在糟蹋自己的身体。
玷污家门,败坏家族名声
The political scandal defiled the family name for generations.
这场政治丑闻使这个家族的名声世世代代蒙羞。
从外面进去的,不能污秽人;惟有从里面出来的,乃能污秽人。
From the King James Version of the Bible (Mark 7:15), a well-known saying of Jesus about inner purity, often quoted to illustrate that moral corruption comes from within.
出自英王钦定版《圣经》马可福音7:15,是耶稣关于内心洁净的著名教导,常被引用来说明道德上的玷污来自人的内心。
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