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

• A blow from the tall, strong boy left a black and blue mark on his nose.
  那个高大强壮的男孩子一拳把他打得鼻子淤黑了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There was one black mark against him.
  他有一个污点。
• 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？
• Also, if the tape contains any serial numbers, or any other markings that could lead to the source of the tape, these will have to be blocked, usually with a black mark over the section.
  同时，如果录象带包含任何序列号或可以导致查出录象带来源的记号，这些记号必须被遮掉，通常使用一个黑斑遮住上述部位。