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。
• And he saith unto them, are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
  耶稣对他们说，你们也是这样不明白吗。岂不晓得凡从外面进入的，不能污秽人。
• Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
  我必使外邦人，就是列国中的强暴人临到你这里。他们必拔刀砍坏你用智慧得来的美物，亵渎你的荣光。
• 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。
• These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they kept themselves pure.
  这些人未曾沾染妇女，他们原是童身。
• 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。
• These freaks are willing to defile themselves for mass entertainment.
  这些人为了大众娱乐宁可毁了自己。
• How can I defile this great gathering of court officials with the petty ways of a concubine?
  寡人怎能再用后宫女子的小节去玷污了庙堂大臣的大行呢？
• Take heed, therefore, and defile not with all kinds of abominations the temple of your bodies.
  因此，小心不要让所有的讨厌之物污染了你们身体的庙宇。
• People saw soldiers in the defile.
  人们在隘道看到了很多士兵。