tarnished
adjective uk/ˈtɑː.nɪʃt/ us/ˈtɑːr.nɪʃt/
(METAL)
（金属）失去光泽的，变色的
If metal is tarnished it has become less bright or a different colour.
The photographs were in tarnished silver frames. 这些照片装在褪色的银色相框里。
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- People trade in their tarnished gold chains, old wedding bands or gold-filled teeth.
- She had rinsed out the tub, and lowered the big and tarnished metal plug into the hole.
- Medallions were tarnished and corroded.
(LESS GOOD)
受诽谤的;被中伤的
made to seem less good or respected
By 2015, the company was starting to look a little tarnished. 到2015年，该公司开始显得有些黯然失色。
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- To those of us who truly know him, his good name could never be tarnished.
- a celebrity with a more tarnished image
- He has only himself to blame for his tarnished legacy.
- He is desperate to salvage something that would burnish his very tarnished leadership credentials.