taint

vt.
1. sully,stain玷污，沾染。
△Ham. 1. 5. 85: “Taint notthy mind，” i.e. don’t sully your mind with evilthoughts. 别（让罪恶的念头）玷污你的心灵。
△Tw. 3. 1. 76(68): “But wise men,folly-fallen,quite taint theirwit.” i.e. spoil their reputation for wisdom.但是聪明人尽干傻事也玷污了他们的聪明。
△Rom. 1. 4. 77 (76): “Be-cause their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are. ”因为她们的口里沾染了口香糖的气息。
△H.VIII. 3. 1. 53 (54):“We come not by the way of accusation / To taintthat honour every good tongue blesses.”我们绝不是来控诉你，玷污你那受到每个善良的人祝福的荣誉。
2. unnaturally touch,affect abnormally反常地触动，反常地影响。
△3H.VI. 3. 1. 40: “And Nero will be tain-ted with remorse / To hear and see her plaints. her brinish tears.”即使尼禄，听到她的恸哭，看见她那辛酸的眼泪，也不得不受到感动。
3. contaminate,infect,disorder传染，感染，使有病。
△Tw. 3. 4. 13: “for sure the man is tainted in ’swits.”因为这个人必是神经上有了毛病。
4. discredit. disparage,sneer at使丧失信誉，贬低，嘲笑。
△Oth. 2. 1. 277 (268):“or tainting his discipline，”或者嘲笑他的纪律。
～vi.
1. become infeeted. become weak受感染，变得虚弱。
△Mac. 5. 3. 2: “ Till Birnam wood removeto Dunsinane / I cannot taint with fear.”除非伯南姆森林移到邓西嫩，我是不会沾染上恐惧的(又译：我是不会惊吓成病的)。
2. deteriorate. go bad. spoil恶化，坏掉，毁掉。
△Tw. 34. 146 (131):“lest the device take air,and taint.”以免这计谋一泄露就毁掉了。