单词:tarnish
vt. 使失去光泽, 玷污
vi. 失去光泽, 被玷污
v. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
考试类型:[托福/IELTS/GRE]
tarnish的用法和样例:
例句
- Moisture leads to the tarnish of the silverware.湿气使得银器毫无光泽。
- Check cutlery to make sure them free from tarnish and stain.检查餐具的清洁,保证光亮无污渍。
- The firm's good name was badly tarnished by the scandal.这件丑事玷污了公司的好名声。
- If news of this gets out, it will tarnish his image.如果这消息传出去
- These pessimistic predictions and doubts, however, cannot tarnish facts.但预测也好、疑问也罢,终究抵挡不住事实的光芒。
词汇搭配
- anti-tarnish paper防锈纸
- tarnish resistance抗蚀力,耐蚀性...
- tarnish film失泽膜
- anti tarnish paper防锈纸
经典引文
Many metals rapidly..tarnish when exposed to even the driest air.
出自:T. H. Huxley
单词:tarnish 相关文章
Sorry,there is not text temporarily, Please help tingroom to look for it! 如果您能找到更好的听力原文,请发贴到 听力原文收集区 ,您将会获得10到30积分的 奖励! Thank you!
A report has found that the Federal Government's role in handing down the water cuts for the Murray-Darling Basin is not clearly defined and lacks accountability. It's the first progress report by the COAG Reform Council and it looks at the 2008 wate
俄罗斯销毁进口货以示反西方 Russia has burned flowers from Holland in a battle against Western imports that saw the destruction of hundreds of tons of food in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine. Critics say the action is unethical whi
Published in the 1930s, the novels of Edmund Kiss told the story of how in the long forgotten past, an ice moon from deep space had collided with the earth, bringing with it the seed of Aryan man. Nat
X-Ray Technology Helps Recover Lost 19th-Century Images The worlds very first photographs were taken in the 1830s. Scientists now say they have found a way to recover lost images made from the very first photographic process. The new method uses X-ra
Getting out grandmas good [flat work] for the holidays? Then youre probably dreading the time it takes to polish up that silver. Now imagine youre in charge of the silver collection at the metropolitan museum of art. Fortunately, for art conservators
217. The tactile and the spiritual实际的和精神的 tactile-temper My temper is such that I am not easily tantalized. The tedium of everyday existence does not tarnish my view of life, nor does it tamper with my ability to criticize it. In the fi
AS IT IS 2016-08-24 U.S. Swimmer Ryan Lochte Loses Sponsors 美国游泳运动员瑞安洛赫特被撤销赞助分享到: This is Whats Trending Today. 现在是《正在发生》节目。 Ryan Lochtes name stayed in the news this week, two days afte
By Michael Bowman Washington 29 May 2008 Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is defending his controversial new book that accuses the Bush administration of deceiving the American people in the lead up to the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of
Russia Sends Anti-Western Message With Imports Destruction 俄罗斯销毁进口货以示反西方 MOSCOW Russia has burned flowers from Holland in a battle against Western imports that saw the destruction of hundreds of tons of food in retaliation f
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 09 March 2006 Benin is awaiting results from presidential elections, as allegations of fraud are mounting. Sunday's vote started in confusion when the outgoing president said the
Copper can be rolled or hammered out into thin sheets, and so we say that it is malleable. It can also be easily drawn out into wire, and for this reason we call it ductile. Sheet copper is much used for covering the bottoms of ships, and for making
Todd: So, Matt, we're talking about adjectives this week and, or qualities about people, so let's talk about what makes people good at what they do. First of all, what do you think makes a good student? We're both teachers so in your mind what's a go
Part 3. Good better best A. Keywords. best, qualities. Vocabulary. give a shot, genuinely, considerate. Listen to six people talking about their best qualities and complete the following chart in note form. What are my best qualities? This is a diffi
By this stage, however, Owen's transgressions were beginning to catch up with him. His undoing began when a committee of the Royal Societya committee of which he happened to be chairmandecided to award him its highest honor, the Royal Medal, for a pa
A Chinese company has treated 6,400 members of staff to a four-day holiday in France, booking 140 hotels in Paris and 4,700 rooms on the Cote d'Azur. 中国某公司带着6400名员工在法国进行了豪华四日游,旅行团下榻巴黎140家酒店
Beware my vengeance! 小心我报复! Can it more than kill? 大不了一个死。 Enough; it can do that. 那就足够了,很容易。 No; not enough: It can not take away the grace of life; 不,远远不能,死亡不能翦灭生命的高贵;
You don't actually have to take the quiz. Just read this straight through, and you'll get the point (an awesome one) it is trying to make! Take this quiz: 1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. 2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
Big tobacco is what the bosses of several large technology firms have started calling Facebook in private and in public. 几家大型科技公司的老板们已经开始在私底下和公开场合称脸书是烟草大公司。 The company has spent t