| 单词 | sully |
| 释义 | sully (once / 2357 pages) v To sully is to attack someone's good name and to try to ruin his reputation. If you spread false rumors that there's chicken stock in the vegetarian entree at Joe's Diner, you would sully Joe's good reputation. Sully can also mean to tarnish or make spotty. It's easy to remember this meaning when you know that sully comes from the Middle French word souiller, meaning, "make dirty." For example, dripping chocolate sauce onto the table will sully your mother's new white tablecloth. Another meaning of sully is to corrupt or cast suspicion on. If an automaker recalls millions of vehicles due to safety problems, it doesn't exactly inspire confidence — in fact, it may sully their brand. WORD FAMILYsully: sullied, sullies, sullying+/sullied: unsullied USAGE EXAMPLESHer fabrication was retold on the pages of Rolling Stone and did far more than sully a publication and a writer. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) That its magic algorithm waves its magic wand and delivers magic results without the sullying intervention of any human. The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016) Noble men, sullied by femininity, were foppish, wore perfume and sumptuous, bright and frivolous clothes. Salon(Dec 06, 2016) 1v make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man Syn|Hypo|Hyper defile, maculate, stain, tarnish darken tarnish or stain blob, blot, fleck, spot make a spot or mark onto 2v place under suspicion or cast doubt upon sully someone's reputation Syn|Hyper cloud, corrupt, defile, taint deflower, impair, mar, spoil, vitiate make imperfect 3v charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone Syn|Hypo|Hyper asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch assassinate destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation libelprint slanderous statements against badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traducespeak unfavorably about accuse, charge blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against Sully (once / 10582 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY Sully: Sullies, Sullys USAGE EXAMPLES“Sully,” “Storks,” “In a Valley of Vengeance,” “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.” Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) We talked more about that prospect, movie comedies in general and, of course, his strong work in “Sully” in a lengthy interview here. Los Angeles Times(Dec 16, 2016) “Otherwise, let’s call it anything we want to … just not ‘Sully.’ Los Angeles Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1 n United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872) 2Syn|Exp Thomas Sully painter an artist who paints n French statesman (1560-1641) Syn|Exp Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethune national leader, solon, statesman a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs |
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