"tainting" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 玷污
• 污染

Definition

使某物變髒、有害或不純的行為；常用於形容物質上的污染，也用於損害某人的聲譽或名譽。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

偏正式或技術用語，多用於食品、水或環境的污染，也常用於指“tainting someone's reputation”。日常口語很少用。和“staining”（污點）與“spoiling”（變質）不同。

Examples

Tainting the water supply can make people sick.

**污染**水源會讓人生病。

She was accused of tainting his reputation.

有人指控她**玷污**了他的聲譽。

Tainting the food this way is dangerous.

這樣**污染**食物很危險。

He was fired for tainting evidence in the investigation.

他因在調查中**污染**證據而被解僱。

There’s concern about factories tainting the river nearby.

人們擔心工廠正在**污染**附近的河流。

Social media can be powerful in tainting someone's image, even with little proof.

社交媒體即使沒有多少證據，也能強烈**玷污**某人的形象。