英语词汇“taint”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

tainttaint1 /teɪnt/ verb [transitive usually passive]

ETYMOLOGYtaint¹

Origin: 1500-1600 Partly from Anglo-French teinter to color, from Latin tingere ( ➔ TINGE²); partly from Old French ataint, from ataindre ( ➔ ATTAIN)

VERB TABLE

taint

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	taint
	he, she, it	taints
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	tainted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have tainted
	he, she, it	has tainted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had tainted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will taint
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have tainted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am tainting
	he, she, it	is tainting
	you, we, they	are tainting
Past	I, he, she, it	was tainting
	you, we, they	were tainting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been tainting
	he, she, it	has been tainting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been tainting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be tainting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been tainting

1if something bad taints a situation or person that it is connected with, it makes the person or situation seem bad or less desirable: His reputation has been tainted by scandal.2to ruin something by adding an unwanted substance to it: The water supply had been tainted with dangerous chemicals.