besmirch

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbesmirchbe‧smirch /bɪˈsmɜːtʃ $ -ɜːrtʃ/ verb [transitive] → besmirch somebody’s honour/reputation→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusbesmirch• Nor is it the first time that Rupert's good name has been besmirched.• 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.• This is just the latest in long line of such scandals, which besmirch the country's financial institutions as a whole.Origin besmirch (1600-1700) smirch “to make dirty” ((15-20 centuries)), perhaps from Old French esmorcher “to torture”

单词	besmirch
释义	besmirch From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbesmirchbe‧smirch /bɪˈsmɜːtʃ $ -ɜːrtʃ/ verb [transitive] → besmirch somebody’s honour/reputation→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusbesmirch• Nor is it the first time that Rupert's good name has been besmirched.• 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.• This is just the latest in long line of such scandals, which besmirch the country's financial institutions as a whole.Origin besmirch (1600-1700) smirch “to make dirty” ((15-20 centuries)), perhaps from Old French esmorcher “to torture”
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