CEFR B1

taint

Translation

汚す / 汚染する / 傷つける

Meaning

To spoil or contaminate something, especially with a negative quality or substance. It often implies that something pure or good has been damaged by the introduction of something harmful or dishonest.

Examples

The scandal threatened to taint the politician's reputation.
The scandal threatened to taint the politician's reputation.
A single drop of poison can taint the entire well.
A single drop of poison can taint the entire well.

Definition

意味: 何かを損なったり汚染したりすること。特に、否定的な性質や物質が加わることを指します。純粋なものや良いものが、有害なものや不正なものの混入によって損なわれるというニュアンスを含みます。

Examples / 例文

The scandal threatened to taint the politician's reputation. — The scandal threatened to taint the politician's reputation.

A single drop of poison can taint the entire well. — A single drop of poison can taint the entire well.

His judgment was tainted by his personal biases. — His judgment was tainted by his personal biases.

How to Use Taint

taint something (collocation)

To spoil or contaminate a thing. — "The spilled ink began to taint the entire document."

taint with something (prepositional phrase)

To contaminate something with a particular substance or quality. — "The water supply was tainted with bacteria."