sullied
past simple and past participle ofsully
| 单词 | sullied |
| 释义 | sullied past simple and past participle ofsully sully verb[T] formaluk/ˈsʌl.i/us/ˈsʌl.i/tospoilsomething that ispureor someone'sperfectreputation: Hisreputation, he said, had beenunfairlysullied by half-truths andinnuendos. to make somethingdirty: Nospeckofdirthadeversullied hishands. Damaging reputation
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making things dirty & untidy Examplesofsulliedsullied In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. He accuses this type of mysticism of being antinomian, tainted by foreign ideas, andsulliedby spiritual ecstasies of divine infusion and union (al-hulul wa-l-ittihad). From theCambridge English Corpus Ultimately, the act of practicing aestheticism in publicsulliedit. From theCambridge English Corpus Consumption constantly engages with these bundled material propensities of objects, though mostlysulliedartefacts, industrially produced goods, not natural bundles of innocent properties. From theCambridge English Corpus The decision to interview the patients at home was taken to avoid the influences and constraints of the clinical environment which may havesulliedthe data. From theCambridge English Corpus Not least, it would finally purify this sordid andsulliedproject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They want to cut out the practices whichsulliedand distorted shipping before the war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would havesulliedthe atmosphere and made for great difficulties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole outlook from these houses issulliedby soot besmirched in a soot-laden atmosphere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They havesulliedcompassion and scoffed at what they call the "dependency culture". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They havesulliedthe legacy of their own forebears and betrayed the trust of their own supporters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Polite rivalry and sporting ideals have now beensulliedby athletes' intense efforts to win and distinguish themselves. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English I regret that the atmosphere should have beensulliedin this way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The children must not besulliedby contact with their fellow subjects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do, of course, understand that it has already beensulliedby parts of my previous amendments which he has also been unable to accept. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To have that sport, which can achieve so much for people,sulliedby hooligans gives me intense pain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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