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besmear

/bih-smeer/US // bɪˈsmɪər //UK // (bɪˈsmɪə) //

涂抹,抹黑,敷衍了事,抹杀

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to smear all over; bedaub.
    • : to sully; defile; soil: to besmear someone's reputation.

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Examples

  • His intensity of loathing leads him to besmear his antagonists with filth.

  • Was it honour and fair play to besmear my mother's name, to throw reflections upon my birth?

  • They fashion his image of kadamb7 wood and besmear it with red lead.

  • Madame Boche, in her turn, caught sight of Lantier and uttered a faint cry without ceasing to besmear her face with her tears.

  • The reverse of besmear is to rub off; hence to obliterate means to rub out, to erase.