Defile

(noun.) a narrow pass (especially one between mountains).

(verb.) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; 'sully someone's reputation'.

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• Who shall tell how He between whom and the Woman God put enmity forged deadly plots to break the bond or defile its purity? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Go defile thyself, Primitivo said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He drew up his pistol, examined it, pointed it towards that point in the defile where the first man would appear. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He only seemed to say, Defile not Heaven's anointed with unsanctified hands. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I only desired he would lend me two clean shirts, which, having been washed since he wore them, I believed would not so much defile me. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• He did not use the word defile, but he expressed the idea very clearly. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He wants a pure lily, another girl, with a baby face, on the one hand, and on the other, he MUST have the Pussum, just to defile himself with her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Miss Bart caught the startled glance of Mr. Percy Gryce, whose own lips were never defiled by tobacco. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He was a deacon in the church which had been defiled by the occupation of Union troops, and by a Union chaplain filling the pulpit. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And into the straits of Royd Lane they accordingly defiled. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• A thick, yellow liquor defiles them, which is offensive to the touch and sight and more offensive to the smell. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

校对:洛丽塔