taint的意思|taint的解释-里氏词典

Taint \Taint\, v. t.
1. To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to
break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or
unscientific manner. [Obs.]

Do not fear; I have
A staff to taint, and bravely. --Massinger.

2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting. [Obs.]

They tainted each other on the helms and passed by.
--Ld. Berners.

Taint \Taint\, v. t. [F. teint, p. p. of teindre to dye, tinge,
fr. L. tingere, tinctum. See {Tinge}, and cf. {Tint}.]
1. To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous,
especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous;
hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid
substance taint the air.

2. Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.

His unkindness may defeat my life,
But never taint my love. --Shak.

Syn: To contaminate; defile; pollute; corrupt; infect;
disease; vitiate; poison.

Taint \Taint\, n. [Cf. F. atteinte a blow, bit, stroke. See
{Attaint}.]
1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
[Obs.]

This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a
silver sheath. --Chapman.

2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its
being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter
in a dishonorable or unscientific manner. [Obs.]

Taint \Taint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tainted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tainting}.]
To thrust ineffectually with a lance. [Obs.]

Taint \Taint\, v. i.
1. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something
corrupting.

I can not taint with fear. --Shak.

2. To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon
taints in warm weather.

Taint \Taint\, n.
1. Tincture; hue; color; tinge. [Obs.]

2. Infection; corruption; deprivation.

He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous
taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to
remove. --Macaulay.

3. A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.

Taint \Taint\, v. t.
Aphetic form of {Attaint}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Though the stock transactions were not illegal under Japanese securities law, they had a taint of bribery and influence-peddling.
Mr. Spence said the Japanese intervention failed partly because of strong negative sentiment on the yen, as the Nikkei stock average languishes below 22000 and political scandals continue to taint Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa.
But care should be taken not to allow one form of activity to taint what may be the beginning of a very positive trend.
Mexico's ruling party appeared on its way to a big victory in Sunday's national congressional elections, but allegations of ballot-rigging, especially in two closely contested gubernatorial races, put a taint on the midterm vote.
But the decline this time isn't nearly as substantial as some expected, given the number of S&L failures, the 25% reduction in the league's membership over the past 20 months and, most of all, the political taint that now accompanies such contributions.
In reality, he says, it's likely to be "considerably more benign," though it could taint the Scouts' image if it's not monitored well.
Mr. Lindau said he doesn't think the fine will taint the exchange's standing among investors.
"The members decided they did not want to taint our strike with an issue of legality," said union president Arthur Hochner.
But fisheries worth more than $110 million have been canceled or postponed by Alaska officials worried that surface oil might taint fish as they are hauled from the water in fishermen's nets.
But NCNB nixed the idea because it was reluctant to taint the bank's image with the same strategies adopted by the state's "unhealthy" banks.
"Unless I'm satisfied steps were taken (to avoid taint), I'm not going to try this case," Gesell said.
Another trick, used by MIT's Paul Krugman, is to taint Mr. Reagan's record with that of Jimmy Carter.
Filing the false affidavits was "an impermissible taint upon the integrity and impartiality of the courts," Judge Richard Brown wrote.
Toxic concentrations of selenium also taint the home-grown food and drinking water of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of farm and ranch families in several Western states, The Sacramento Bee reported Sunday.
That wasn't the way things looked on Friday, when the big blue chips untouched by the taint of takeovers suffered along with the so-called "whisper" stocks.
The discrepancy between Price Waterhouse's public and private assessments may taint the accounting firm's reputation.
Pietro Gattini, the current president of Amfco, stressed that the Sundance case "involved the prior management of this firm and should in no way taint this firm."
My goal is to make sure the contracts that are being let now, not the ones involved in the investigation, are free of any taint.
One former department official blames it on "the Meese taint."
The sex scandals surrounding two prominent Assemblies of God ministers should not taint the more than 30,000 others in the church, of whom only a tiny number are ever disciplined, an official says.
"We'll look at how far along the contract is, as well as the level of taint and the cost to the government," said Kathleen Buck, general counsel for the Defense Department.

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