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

• The audit finding, released Friday, is the second black mark on the US higher education system in as many weeks.
  上周五公布的这份审计报告是近期以来美国高等教育中的第二起丑闻事件。
• I don't know if the firm will actually sack me for having lost the contract, but it'll certainly be a black mark against me.
  我不知道公司是否会因失去合同一事将我辞退，但这桩事一定会成为我的一个污点。
• The posting proved to be the black mark in his career.
  这次任职被证明是他职业生涯中的污点。
• But in the print black and white contrast can the intense performance mark decoration scheme to the sense organ vision impact, enable the print to have abstractness visual phenomenon mark turn of expression.
  而版画中的黑白对比更能强烈的表现出符号装饰图式对感官视觉的冲击，使版画更具有抽象性视觉现象的符号表达方式。
• While neither plane was ever in serious danger, the episode was the latest black mark on an agency that has struggled through several high-profile incidents of controllers sleeping on the job.
  然而两架飞机都从未处于这种严重的危机之中，这次的插曲是这个机构因航管员工作时睡觉造成的几次事故中最近的一次污点。
• They argue that rating agencies and investors are likely to see this as a black mark against managers who have increased leverage for no good reason.
  他们认为如果管理人员没有合理的理由利用信贷增资，评级机构和投资者们很有可能视之为一大污点。
• 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 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。
• There was one black mark against him.
  他有一个污点。
• 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。