taint

英 [teɪnt] 美 [tent]

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taint 染色，污点，使腐坏，玷污

来自古法语 teint,颜色，色泽，来自拉丁语 tinctus,染色，来自 tingere,使染色，浸染，词源同 tincture,tinge.引申诸相关词义。拼写比较 point,puncture.

taint: taint: see tinge
taint (v.): 1570s, "to corrupt, contaminate," also "to touch, tinge, imbue slightly" (1590s), from Middle English teynten "to convict, prove guilty" (late 14c.), partly from Old French ataint, past participle of ataindre "to touch upon, seize" (see attainder). Also from Anglo-French teinter "to color, dye" (early 15c.), from Old French teint (12c.), past participle of teindre "to dye, color," from Latin tingere (see tincture). Related: Tainted; tainting.
taint (n.): c. 1600, "stain, spot," from Old French teint "color, hue, dye, stain," from Latin tinctus "a dyeing," from tingere "to dye" (see tincture). Meaning "a moral stain, corruption, contaminating influence" is from 1610s.

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1. Her government never really shook off the taint of corruption.: 她的政府从来没有真正摆脱掉腐败的阴影。

4. She could smell the taint of sin in the most innocent of passions.: 哪怕是再纯真的恋情她也能从中嗅出罪恶的味道。