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单词 besmirch
释义
besmirchbe‧smirch /bɪˈsmɜːtʃ $ -ɜːrtʃ/ verb [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINbesmirch
Origin:
1600-1700 smirch ‘to make dirty’ (15-20 centuries), perhaps from Old French esmorcher ‘to torture’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
besmirch
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theybesmirch
he, she, itbesmirches
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theybesmirched
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave besmirched
he, she, ithas besmirched
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad besmirched
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill besmirch
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have besmirched
Continuous Form
PresentIam besmirching
he, she, itis besmirching
you, we, theyare besmirching
PastI, he, she, itwas besmirching
you, we, theywere besmirching
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been besmirching
he, she, ithas been besmirching
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been besmirching
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be besmirching
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been besmirching
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • 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
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