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

• 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。
• 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；
• This is a place where the risk of a nuclear arms race threatens the security of the wider world, and where extremists who defile a great religion plan attacks on both our continents.
  在这里，核武器竞赛的危险威胁着整个世界的安全。在这里，玷污了一个伟大宗教的极端主义分子试图策划对我们两个大洲发动袭击。
• He had defiled the sacred name of the Holy Prophet.
  他亵渎了这位神圣先知的圣名。
• The troops had to defile through the pass.
  部队只得排成单列通过关口。
• 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。
• Cenarius: Who dares defile this ancient land? Who dares the wrath of Cenarius and the night elves?
  塞纳留斯：是谁胆敢玷污这片陈旧的地盘？是谁胆敢触怒塞纳留斯和暗夜精灵？
• 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。
• 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？
• Send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.
  无论男女，都要使他们出到营外，免得污秽他们的营.这营是我住的。