black mark

英 [ˌblæk ˈmɑːk]

美 [ˌblæk ˈmɑːrk]

n.  (记录在案的或留在别人印象中的)污点

牛津词典

noun

• （记录在案的或留在别人印象中的）污点
  a note, either in writing on an official record, or in sb's mind, of sth you have done or said that makes people think badly of you
  1. She earned a black mark for opposing company policy.
     她因反对公司政策而得到考绩不良评语。
  2. The public scandal was a black mark against him.
     那条尽人皆知的丑闻成了他的一个污点。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 污点
  Ablack mark againstsomeone is something bad that they have done or a bad quality that they have which affects the way people think about them.
  1. There was one black mark against him.
     他有一个污点。

双语例句

• Bad companies are rarely allowed to fail because bankruptcies are seen as a black mark on the personal files of local bureaucrats.
  经营不善的公司很少被准予倒闭，因为破产被认为是地方官员人事档案中的污点。
• Large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin.
  南海大型黑色的海燕，下颚上有白色斑点。
• My refusal to go would be a black mark against me.
  我要是拒绝不去就会成为对我不利的一个污点。
• The black mark on the right side is the effect of the lamp burning the LCD screen.
  在右边的黑色标志，是燃烧着的液晶屏幕灯的效果。
• The BBC has since changed its policy and reporters will be instructed to wear dark coloured suits, with the male broadcasters in white shirts and black ties as a mark or respect.
  自那之后，英国广播公司对他们的规定进行了更改，记者们将被指定身着深色西装，男性主播将会身着白色衬衣及黑色领带以示尊重。
• If I'm late for work again it will be another black mark.
  如果我再一次上班迟到，那将是另一个污点。
• The public scandal left a black mark on his career.
  这一尽人皆知的丑闻给他的事业留下了污点。
• At Bermuda's central bank which screens every company that seeks to incorporate here they're double checking their systems trying to make certain a Bermuda address doesn't become a black mark.
  百慕大中央银行对在这里注册的每家公司都要进行调查，并复查它们的制度，以确保百慕大的地址不会蒙污。
• Venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen.
  西半球有毒的蜘蛛；雌体为黑色且腹部下方有沙漏状的红色斑点。
• Is it because, when the minister wrote his name in the book, the Black Man set his mark in that place?
  是不是因为牧师在册子上写下名字的时候，黑男人在那地方打下了记号？