tarred [
tɑr]
a. 涂了焦油的
Tar \Tar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tarred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tarring}.]
To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar
cloth.
{To tar and feather a person}. See under {Feather}, v. t.
- Attorneys for Hazelwood and the state had expected jury selection would take two weeks because of publicity about the accident that polluted pristine waters, tarred shorelines, killed wildlife and disrupted fishing.
- "We've been tarred as fat cats," laments Ed Hatcher, senior manager of tax policy for the American Electronics Association.
- Clients, customers and staff -anxious not to be tarred by the brush of a bust company or risk losing money - drift away, leaving the receiver with nothing of value to sell.
- So it is no good west European socialists complaining that they have been unfairly tarred with the brush of Soviet communism.
- The federal indictment and proposed FCC fine have not only hurt Nynex but also have tarred the six other Bells trying to win credibility in their fight to get Congress to lift all consent-decree restrictions.
- Both sides promised to avoid personal attacks, saving Mr. Icahn from being tarred for his record as a corporate raider and his past ties to the now-defunct Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc.
- But opposition parties are far apart on policy and they also have been tarred by the Recruit scandal.
- Otherwise, you will be tarred as disloyal to your ethnic group.