| 单词 | black mark |
| 释义 | black markSEE SYNONYMS FOR black mark ON THESAURUS.COM nounan indication of failure or censure: His chronic lateness is a black mark against him. Origin of black markFirst recorded in 1835–45 Words nearby black markblackmail, black maire, black maple, black margate, Black Maria, black mark, black market, black-marketeer, Black Mass, black matipo, black measles Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for black mark
British Dictionary definitions for black markblack mark nounan indication of disapproval, failure, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with black markblack mark An indication of censure or failure, as in If you refuse to work late, won't that be a black mark against you? This phrase alludes to a literal black mark, such as a cross, that was put next to a person's name, indicating that he or she had incurred a rebuke or penalty of some kind. [Mid-1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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