defile 排成纵队（defile玷污亵渎）

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defile 排成纵队

Word of the Day：October 27, 2022

defile

玷污；亵渎；弄脏

verb /dih-FYLE/ [dɪˈfaɪl]

What It Means

Defile means “to make (something) dirty.” It can also mean “to take away or ruin the purity, honor, or goodness of (something or someone important).”

Defile 意思是“使……变脏”。 它也可能意味着“破坏（剥夺）……的纯洁、荣誉或善良”。

DEFILE in Context

“Now, in an about-face, the agency is preparing to rework those regulations, potentially allowing state officials to take a broader array of environmental concerns ... into account when deciding whether to approve major construction that could defile bodies of water.” — Dino Grandoni, The Washington Post, 27 May 2021

“现在，该机构可能因为州官员正在考虑更广泛的环境问题，而决定准备重新制定这些法规，考虑使其能批准可能污染水体的重大建设。

Students often threw their trash on the ground, defiling the campus in the process

学生经常把垃圾扔在地上，污染了校园。

Did You Know?

The verb defile (unrelated to this verb defile or its related noun) has a number of uses that are all variations on the idea of making something unclean or impure. These meanings echo the word’s Middle English and Anglo-French ancestry, where defilement is connected to figurative and literal trampling. The ultimate Anglo-French root is fuller, or foller, which means “to trample under foot,” “to oppress”—or literally, “to full.” Full in this case is a technical term: when you full woolen cloth you shrink and thicken it by moistening, heating, and pressing it. Originally, the pressing part was done by trampling it with the feet.

动词 defile (与此动词 defile 或其相关名词无关)有许多用法，都是使……不洁净或不纯洁的意思的变体。它们沿用了该词中古英语和英法先祖的含义，defilement 与to figurative and literal trampling 有关 。英法词根是 fuller 或 foller，意思是“ to trample under foot「踩在脚下」”，“to oppress「压迫」”，或者字面意思是“to full「充满」”。在这种情况下，Full 是一个专业术语：when you full woolen cloth you shrink and thicken it by moistening, heating, and pressing it. Originally, the pressing part was done by trampling it with the feet（纺织行业的一个生产制作流程）.

Test Your Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks to complete a word that refers to a thick woolen cloth used for outer clothing: _ _ d _ n.

loden