Word · Frequency #14529
taint
污点；耻辱
A mark of disgrace on one's character; a blemish.
- 1.
A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
污染；腐败(尤指食物)
- 2.
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
(长矛)无效的刺击
- 3.
the state of being contaminated
被污染的状态
- 4.
A tinge, trace or touch.
一丝；微量；痕迹
- 5.
An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
(长矛的)损伤；不光彩的断矛
- 6.
A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.
污点；瑕疵(尤指品格上的)
- 7.
A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
污点标记
污染；腐坏；变质；一丝；些许痕迹；污染标记；不安全标记；未中目标的一刺；（比武中）长矛受损；不光彩地折断长矛
In use
The taint in the drinking water was obvious from the smell.
The meat had a taint, so we sent it back to the shop.
The taint from the factory spread into the nearby fields.
a taint of sth
表示某事物带有少量负面特征。
There was a taint of corruption in the government.
政府中有一丝腐败的污点。
without taint
常用于描述清白无瑕的状态。
His reputation remained without taint throughout his career.
他的声誉在整个职业生涯中一直保持清白。
the taint of sth
强调具体某事物的污点。
The company struggled to remove the taint of scandal.
Connections
Collocations
- the taint of corruption
- 腐败的污点
- The new leader promised to remove the taint of corruption from the party.新领导人承诺清除党内腐败的污点。
- a taint of decay
- 一丝腐坏
- There was a taint of decay in the old house.老房子里有一丝腐坏的气味。
- free from taint
- 不受污染的；无污点的
- The water was found to be completely free from taint.经检测，这些水完全未受污染。
- a taint of doubt
- 一丝怀疑
- The error in the data left a taint of doubt over the entire study.数据中的错误给整个研究留下了一丝怀疑。
Pop culture & quotes
- There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies—which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world—what I want to forget.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：stain（污渍）去掉 s 就是 taint，同样表示污染、污点；想象食物被污染后带有污点。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：食品安全检查、严肃评论文章 作名词表示“污染、污点”时，比较常见于书面或正式语境，如食品安全报告或严肃评论；在日常口语中较少单独使用，多改用“污染”“污点”等更普通的说法。在具体描述食物腐败时语气较为中性，在引申为道德污点时则偏正式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words in this list rhyme with taint (/teɪnt/) in their stressed syllable: /peɪnt/, /feɪnt/, /seɪnt/, /kweɪnt/, /kənˈstreɪnt/, /rɪˈstreɪnt/. Watch out for lookalikes such as print (/prɪnt/), point (/pɔɪnt/), and pint (/paɪnt/), which are spelled similarly but pronounced differently.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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