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

• But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
  竟把可憎之物设立在称为我名下的殿中，污秽了这殿。
• Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of israel.
  你们不可玷污所住之地，就是我住在其中之地，因为我耶和华住在以色列人中间。
• And I will turn away my face from them, and they shall violate my secret place: and robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
  我要转面不看他们，让外人亵渎我的宝藏，让野人侵入而加以亵渎。
• Who are these men who defile the grassy borders of our roads and lanes.
  是谁污损了我们大路和小路两旁的草坪。
• 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；
• He will keep our feet from falling so that we do not defile our garments, wound our souls, and cause the enemy to blaspheme.
  祂将保守我们不失脚，不致沾污我们的衣袍，亏损我们的灵魂，不让仇敌有亵渎我们的机会。
• You think I wanted to defile her that way?
  你认为我会这么糟塌她？
• These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
  这都是污秽人的。至于不洗手吃饭、那却不污秽人。
• 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。
• If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it.
  你若为我筑一座石坛，不可用凿成的石头，因你在上头一动家具，就把坛污秽了。