dirty one's hands
collocation弄脏自己的手；插手不光彩的事
He wouldn't dirty his hands with dishonest business.
他不愿插手不诚实的生意，免得弄脏自己的手。
把…弄脏；弄脏
dirtying — present participle of dirty
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把…弄脏；弄脏
To make something dirty; to soil or stain it.
He dirtied his shirt while fixing the car.
他在修车时弄脏了衬衫。
弄脏
To make (something) dirty.
弄脏,使肮脏
make soiled, filthy, or dirty
玷污名誉
To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
歪曲本质加以贬低
To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
dirty
Base
原形
dirties
3rd person
第三人称单数
dirtying
-ing
现在分词
dirtied
Past
过去式
dirtied
Past participle
过去分词
She dirties her shoes in the mud.
她在泥里弄脏了鞋子。
He dirtied his shirt yesterday.
他昨天弄脏了衬衫。
The children are dirtying the floor.
孩子们正在弄脏地板。
The white carpet was dirtied by muddy shoes.
白色地毯被沾满泥的鞋子弄脏了。
She is dirtying her hands with paint while working on the art project.
她在做艺术项目时用颜料弄脏了手。
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弄脏自己的手；插手不光彩的事
He wouldn't dirty his hands with dishonest business.
他不愿插手不诚实的生意，免得弄脏自己的手。
玷污某人的名声
The false rumor dirtied her name in the community.
那则谣言玷污了她在社区里的名声。
弄脏尿布；拉在尿布里
The baby dirtied his diaper during the night.
宝宝夜里拉脏了尿布。
弄脏地毯
The children dirtied the carpet with their muddy shoes.
孩子们穿着泥鞋弄脏了地毯。
容易弄脏
Light-colored clothes dirty easily.
浅色衣服容易弄脏。
不可告人的秘密；家丑
The scandal exposed all the senator's dirty laundry.
这桩丑闻揭露了那位参议员的全部丑事。
替某人做卑鄙的勾当；帮某人干脏活
The manager never confronts anyone himself—he always gets an assistant to do his dirty work.
经理从来不当面跟人起冲突——他总是让助理替他干这种不光彩的事。
向某人投以厌恶的目光；瞪某人一眼
I gave him a dirty look when he made that rude comment.
他说那句粗鲁的话时，我狠狠地瞪了他一眼。
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联想：dirt（泥土）粘到手上，就把手弄脏了；dirty 作动词就是“弄脏”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、一般书面描述 dirty 作动词多用于日常或一般语境，表示“弄脏、变脏”；在较正式场合描述玷污名誉时也可见。使用时通常不带强烈语体色彩。
及物动词，直接接宾语
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