black mark

英 [ˌblæk ˈmɑːk]

美 [ˌblæk ˈmɑːrk]

n.  (记录在案的或留在别人印象中的)污点

牛津词典

noun

• （记录在案的或留在别人印象中的）污点
  a note, either in writing on an official record, or in sb's mind, of sth you have done or said that makes people think badly of you
  1. She earned a black mark for opposing company policy.
     她因反对公司政策而得到考绩不良评语。
  2. The public scandal was a black mark against him.
     那条尽人皆知的丑闻成了他的一个污点。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 污点
  Ablack mark againstsomeone is something bad that they have done or a bad quality that they have which affects the way people think about them.
  1. There was one black mark against him.
     他有一个污点。

双语例句

• There was one black mark against him.
  他有一个污点。
• His continual lateness was a black mark against his promotion.
  他连续的迟到是不利于升职的一个污点。
• Bad companies are rarely allowed to fail because bankruptcies are seen as a black mark on the personal files of local bureaucrats.
  经营不善的公司很少被准予倒闭，因为破产被认为是地方官员人事档案中的污点。
• Venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen.
  西半球有毒的蜘蛛；雌体为黑色且腹部下方有沙漏状的红色斑点。
• My refusal to go would be a black mark against me.
  我要是拒绝不去就会成为对我不利的一个污点。
• At Bermuda's central bank which screens every company that seeks to incorporate here they're double checking their systems trying to make certain a Bermuda address doesn't become a black mark.
  百慕大中央银行对在这里注册的每家公司都要进行调查，并复查它们的制度，以确保百慕大的地址不会蒙污。
• If I'm late for work again it will be another black mark.
  如果我再一次上班迟到，那将是另一个污点。
• The BBC has since changed its policy and reporters will be instructed to wear dark coloured suits, with the male broadcasters in white shirts and black ties as a mark or respect.
  自那之后，英国广播公司对他们的规定进行了更改，记者们将被指定身着深色西装，男性主播将会身着白色衬衣及黑色领带以示尊重。
• The audit finding, released Friday, is the second black mark on the US higher education system in as many weeks.
  上周五公布的这份审计报告是近期以来美国高等教育中的第二起丑闻事件。
• Also, if the tape contains any serial numbers, or any other markings that could lead to the source of the tape, these will have to be blocked, usually with a black mark over the section.
  同时，如果录象带包含任何序列号或可以导致查出录象带来源的记号，这些记号必须被遮掉，通常使用一个黑斑遮住上述部位。