defile

英 [dɪˈfaɪl]

美 [dɪˈfaɪl]

v.  弄脏; 玷污; 糟蹋; 亵渎
n.  山中狭径

过去分词：defiled　过去式：defiled　现在分词：defiling　第三人称单数：defiles　复数：defiles　

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BNC.22172 / COCA.22173

牛津词典

verb

• 弄脏；玷污；糟蹋；亵渎
  to make sth dirty or no longer pure, especially sth that people consider important or holy
  1. Many victims of burglary feel their homes have been defiled.
     许多家门被撬的人都感到自己的家被玷污了。
  2. The altar had been defiled by vandals.
     圣坛受到破坏公物者的肆意践踏。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 污损;玷污;亵渎
  Todefilesomething that people think is important or holy means to do something to it or say something about it which is offensive.
  1. He had defiled the sacred name of the Holy Prophet.
     他亵渎了这位神圣先知的圣名。
• (通常指山中的)峡谷，峡道，隘路
  Adefileis a very narrow valley or passage, usually through mountains.

英英释义

noun

• a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
  Synonym:gorge

verb

• spot, stain, or pollute
  1. The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
  Synonym:foulbefoulmaculate
• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air
  1. The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air
  2. Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man
  Synonym:tarnishstainmaculatesully
• place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
  1. sully someone's reputation
  Synonym:sullycorrupttaintcloud

双语例句

• How can I defile this great gathering of court officials with the petty ways of a concubine?
  寡人怎能再用后宫女子的小节去玷污了庙堂大臣的大行呢？
• And he saith unto them, are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
  耶稣对他们说，你们也是这样不明白吗。岂不晓得凡从外面进入的，不能污秽人。
• Nevertheless in like manner these dreamers also defile the flesh and despise lordship and revile dignities.
  8然而，这些作梦的人，还是照样玷污肉体，轻慢主治者，毁谤在尊位的。
• People saw soldiers in the defile.
  人们在隘道看到了很多士兵。
• So he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the lord, who makes him holy.
  不可在民中辱没他的儿女，因为我是叫他成圣的耶和华。
• These freaks are willing to defile themselves for mass entertainment.
  这些人为了大众娱乐宁可毁了自己。
• He had defiled the sacred name of the Holy Prophet.
  他亵渎了这位神圣先知的圣名。
• Thus it is said, for one to attack ten, nothing is better than a narrow defile.
  所以，以一击十，没有比利用狭隘地形更好的；
• If a man betroth a girl to his son, and his son have intercourse with her, but he afterward defile her, and be surprised, then he shall be bound and cast into the water.
  如果男人对他的儿子订婚女友，且他的儿子已经与她发生关系，但是，他这个父亲却染指她，在被捕之后，则他会被五花大绑并扔进水中淹死。
• I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
  我洗了脚，怎能再玷污呢。