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defile sth
The oil spill defiled the beach.
石油泄漏污染了海滩。
弄脏
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弄脏
to make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to soil or befoul
The oil spill defiled the beach.
石油泄漏污染了海滩。
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.
defile
Base
原形
defiles
3rd person
第三人称单数
defiling
-ing
现在分词
defiled
Past
过去式
defiled
Past participle
过去分词
They defile the river with industrial waste.
他们用工业废物弄脏河流。
He defiled the sacred temple.
他玷污了神圣的庙宇。
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。
The river was defiled by industrial waste.
这条河被工业废料污染了。
They were accused of defiling the national flag.
他们被指控亵渎国旗。
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。
Not this
The water is defile.
Use this
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。
Not this
He defiled with mud.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
Use defile naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：把file（档案）弄脏，就是defile“玷污、亵渎”。
语域：formal 常见场景：宗教或礼仪场合、正式书面语、文学或历史叙述 defile 多用于正式文体、文学或宗教语境，表示弄脏、玷污或亵渎，带有庄重或严肃的色彩；日常口语中较少使用，通常出现在书面语或礼仪性描述中。
All listed words rhyme with defile /dɪˈfaɪl/: file, smile, while, tile, mile, and style all end with the /aɪl/ sound, although style is spelled -yle. Beware lookalikes: defile is not the same as define /dɪˈfaɪn/ in spelling or sound, and some -ile words (e.g., missile /ˈmɪsəl/ in American English) end with /əl/ rather than /aɪl/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.