sul·ly
verb/ˈsʌli/
/ˈsʌli/
(formal or literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sully | /ˈsʌli/ /ˈsʌli/ |
| he / she / it sullies | /ˈsʌliz/ /ˈsʌliz/ |
| past simple sullied | /ˈsʌlid/ /ˈsʌlid/ |
| past participle sullied | /ˈsʌlid/ /ˈsʌlid/ |
| -ing form sullying | /ˈsʌliɪŋ/ /ˈsʌliɪŋ/ |
- sully something to damage or reduce the value of something
败坏；有损于 - By cheating they have sullied the good name of their country.
他们的欺骗行为玷污了国家的声誉。
- By cheating they have sullied the good name of their country.
- sully something to make something dirty
弄脏；玷污 - She wondered if she dared risk sullying the gleaming sink.
她想知道自己是否敢冒玷污闪闪发光的水槽的风险。
- She wondered if she dared risk sullying the gleaming sink.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: perhaps from French souiller ‘to soil’.