Word · Frequency #22172
defiling
弄脏
defiling is the present participle of defile.
to make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to soil or befoul
- 1.
To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
使(某人或某物)变得肮脏或不洁；弄脏,污染
- 2.
To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.
玷污,使道德败坏
- 3.
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
使受怀疑
- 4.
To act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane.
亵渎,玷污(神圣之物)
- 5.
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
弄脏；玷污
- 6.
To cause (something or someone) to become ritually unclean.
使变得不洁(仪式上)
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
In use
Vandals defiled the ancient temple with graffiti.
The river was defiled by industrial waste.
They were accused of defiling the national flag.
defile sth
The oil spill defiled the beach.
石油泄漏污染了海滩。
defile sth with sth
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。
be defiled
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。
Connections
Collocations
- defile the temple
- 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。
- defile the land
- 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。
- defile the dead
- 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。
- defile someone's reputation
- 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。
- defile the soul
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：把file（档案）弄脏，就是defile“玷污、亵渎”。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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/.
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