Stain
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vi. 弄脏;污染;被玷污;
vt. 玷污，染污;败坏（名声）;给…染色;
n. 污点;瑕疵;着色剂;色斑;
💡 词根助记
s(dis的简型)+tain(to dye染色)→染污；污点
📝 例句
Does the ink stain on the back of the letter paper show through?
信纸反面的墨水污迹看得出来吗？
His crimes stained the family honor.
他的罪行玷污了家庭的名誉。
He left the court without a stain on his character.
他经法庭一役, 人格丝毫无损.
His character is without stain.
他的人品纯洁无瑕。
Nothing but a great many epithelial cells was observed in the stain.
染片中只观察到有大量的上皮细胞。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ stair-楼梯,stain-污迹:楼梯的台阶,上面的污迹多
※ s-拼音“丝”,tain-锡纸:锡纸上若夹杂丝线就是污迹
※ s-似“美女”,tain-拼音“太难”:在美女身上找到污点太难
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
stain
v
1 [esp passive 尤用於被动语态
Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.a]
~ sth (with sth) change the colour of sth; leave or make coloured patches or dirty marks on sth, esp ones that are difficult to remove 改变某物的颜色; 染污, 沾污（某物）（尤指难以清除）
fingers stained with nicotine 被尼古丁染黄的手指
blood-stained hands 沾著血污的手
a tablecloth stained with gravy 沾上肉汁的桌布
The blackberry juice stained their fingers (red).黑莓汁把他们的手指给染（红）了.
2 [I] become discoloured or marked in this way 被染污; 被沾污
Our white carpet stains easily. 我们的白地毯不耐脏.
3 [Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.a]
colour (wood, fabric, etc) with a substance that penetrates the material; dye 给（木材、 布等）染色或著色
The biologist stained the specimen before looking at it through the microscope. 那位生物学家先把标本染色, 然後再通过显微镜进行观察.
He stained the wood dark brown. 他把木头染成深褐色了.
4 [esp passive 尤用於被动语态
Tn, Tn.pr]
(fml fig 文, 比喻) bring disgrace to or damage (sb's reputation, good name, etc); blemish 玷污, 败坏（某人的名声等）
The incident stained his career. 那件小事给他的事业抹上了污斑. stain, n
1 [U, C] liquid, etc used for staining wood, fabric, etc; dye 染色剂; 著色剂; 染料; 颜料
How much stain should I buy for the table? 给这张桌子上色, 我得买多少颜料?
a range of wood stains 木材著色剂系列.
2 [C] dirty mark or patch of colour caused by staining (stainv 1) 污点; 污斑; 污迹
There's an ink stain on your shirt. 你的衬衫上有一个墨水斑.
I can't get these coffee stains out of the carpet. 我弄不掉地毯上的咖啡污迹. [C]
thing that causes disgrace (to a person's reputation, etc); moral blemish 玷污（某人名声等的）事物; 品德上的污点
He left the court without a stain on his character. 他经法庭一役, 人格丝毫无损.
🎯 考研助记
sta(stay停留)+in(里面):停留在里面- 污点 印迹
🔁 扩展释义
*[stein]n. 污染, 污点, 着色剂vt. 沾染, 染污, 着色vi. 变脏【化】 染污【医】 染剂, 染料; 着色斑, 色素斑
🏥 医学释义
着色剂，染料
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What a pity!
真可惜！
You can imagine how useful this is, particularly in countries like China and Japan, which use written characters not letters.
你可以想像得到，特别是在中国和日本这些使用文字而不是字母的国家，这是多么有用处！
People change, but they don't suddenly chnge from being right-handed to being left-handed.
人会变，但他们不会从惯用右手而突然转变成左撇子的。