详细用法
动词用法：
- Defile something: 玷污某物
- Defile someone’s reputation: 玷污某人的声誉
- Defile someone’s character: 损害某人的品格
- Defile someone’s name: 毁损某人的名誉
- Defile someone’s honor: 玷污某人的荣誉
- Defile someone’s purity: 玷污某人的纯洁
形容词用法：
- A defiled place: 受到玷污的地方
- A defiled reputation: 受到玷污的声誉
- A defiled character: 受到损害的品格
- A defiled name: 受到毁损的名誉
- A defiled honor: 受到玷污的荣誉
- A defiled purity: 受到玷污的纯洁
名词用法：
- The defilement of a sacred place: 圣地的玷污
- The defilement of one’s reputation: 声誉的玷污
- The defilement of someone’s character: 品格的损害
其他用法：
- To feel defiled: 感到被玷污
- To defile the environment: 污染环境
- To defile a holy site: 玷污圣地
- To defile a sacred ritual: 亵渎神圣的仪式
深度学习
defiled (duh FILED) This verb comes from the Middle English for “to trample on, abuse, or pollute.” It means to corrupt or take away the purity of something. It is often used specifically to describe the polluting of a consecrated area.
- “One of our employees spilled soda on the assembly line and defiled a whole batch of cookies,” explained the company spokesman, “so we will have to recall all oatmeal cookies manufactured on that date.”
- The hooligans defiled the church by spray-painting graffiti on the statues on the altar.
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》
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玷污（duh FILED）这个动词来自中古英语，意思是“践踏、虐待或污染”。它的意思是腐败或剥夺某物的纯洁性。它经常被专门用来描述一个神圣区域的污染。
该公司发言人解释道：“我们的一名员工将苏打洒在了流水线上，弄脏了整批饼干，因此我们将不得不召回当天生产的所有燕麦饼干。”
流氓们在祭坛上的雕像上喷涂涂鸦，玷污了教堂。
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