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tainting

/ˈteɪntɪŋ/

taintingnoun

taintings

Traducciones

contamination

The tainting of the water supply led to a public health crisis.

La contamination de l'approvisionnement en eau a provoqué une crise de santé publique.

Traducciones adicionales

corruptionAu sens figuré ou moral.

Definiciones

The act or process of contaminating or corrupting something.

The tainting of the water supply led to a public health crisis.

Sinónimos

taintinggerund / present participle

/ˈteɪntɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe something that causes contamination, e.g., "tainting chemicals".

Traducciones

contaminant

The laboratory disposed of the tainting chemicals in a secure facility.

Le laboratoire a éliminé les produits chimiques contaminants dans une installation sécurisée.

Definiciones

Causing or likely to cause contamination or corruption; contaminating.

The laboratory disposed of the tainting chemicals in a secure facility.

taintverb

tainting

Gerund

tainted

Past Simple

tainted

Past Participle

tainting

Gerund

/teɪnt/

Traducciones

souillerEmploi courant pour dire qu’on rend quelque chose impur ou moralement compromis.

The scandal tainted the company's reputation.

Le scandale a souillé la réputation de l’entreprise.

entacherNuance plus abstraite : affecter négativement.

His involvement in the crime tainted his character.

Son implication dans le crime a entaché son caractère.

Traducciones adicionales

contaminerSurtout au sens matériel ou sanitaire.

Definiciones

To contaminate or pollute something, especially with a harmful or undesirable quality.

The scandal tainted the company's reputation.

To affect with a bad or undesirable quality.

His involvement in the crime tainted his character.

Sinónimos

taintnoun

Definiciones

A trace of a bad or undesirable quality or substance.

The scandal left a taint on his reputation that was hard to remove.

A contaminating mark or influence.

The taint of corruption was evident in the company's dealings.

Vulgar slang: the perineum; the area between the anus and the genitals.

He joked about shaving his taint, but most people found the comment crude.