释义 |
besmirchbe‧smirch /bɪˈsmɜːtʃ $ -ɜːrtʃ/ verb [transitive] besmirchOrigin: 1600-1700 smirch ‘to make dirty’ (15-20 centuries), perhaps from Old French esmorcher ‘to torture’ VERB TABLEbesmirch |
Present | I, you, we, they | besmirch | | he, she, it | besmirches | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | besmirched | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have besmirched | | he, she, it | has besmirched | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had besmirched | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will besmirch | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have besmirched |
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Present | I | am besmirching | | he, she, it | is besmirching | | you, we, they | are besmirching | Past | I, he, she, it | was besmirching | | you, we, they | were besmirching | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been besmirching | | he, she, it | has been besmirching | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been besmirching | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be besmirching | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been besmirching |
- And finally the bloodied body of the victim is carried out of town, a reputation besmirched, a political career ruined.
- But under cross-examination, he was accused of deliberately setting out to besmirch her character.
- Nor is it the first time that Rupert's good name has been besmirched.
- This is just the latest in long line of such scandals, which besmirch the country's financial institutions as a whole.
literary besmirch somebody’s honour/reputation to spoil the good opinion that people have of someone |