每日一词【526】doping：运动员使用兴奋剂

今天我们要学的词是doping。 Doping, 通常指运动员使用兴奋剂。 "A Spanish cyclist was kicked out of the games in the first official doping case of the Beijing Olympics," 一名西班牙自行车选手被取消参赛资格，成为北京奥运会第一起非法使用兴奋剂的案例。

在美国参赛运动员中， Michael Phelps, 迈克尔.菲尔普斯是最受关注的一个。 "Phelps competes in a sport that has not been seriously tainted¹ by doping, unlike track and field," 菲尔普斯参加的游泳项目的比赛并没有象田径项目一样受到兴奋剂丑闻的严重影响。好，今天我们学习的词是doping...

1 tainted   

adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏

参考例句：

• The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
• He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》