学个词Learn a Word 第1347期 tainted

　　今天我们要学的词是tainted¹。 Tainted, 受污染的。最近美国出现了一起食品中毒事件。 "13 people have died from eating tainted cantaloupes," 13人因食用受污染的哈蜜瓜而死亡。与此同时，美国市场上一些牛肉馅也出了问题。 "131-thousand pounds of ground beef was recalled because it was possibly tainted with E-Coli," 13万1千磅牛肉馅被召回，因为这些肉馅可能受了大肠杆菌的污染。不仅食物可以被污染，声望也可以带上污点。 "Former IMF Chief Strauss-Kahn's reputation was tainted after the sex-assault scandal," 性侵犯丑闻过后，前国际货币基金组织总裁斯特劳斯.凯恩的名誉尽损。好的，今天我们学习的词是tainted...

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》