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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Resulting in a more serious billet "the water beam black mark" phenomenon in the process of billet heating.
  造成了钢坯在加热炉内加热的过程中产生了较为严重的钢坯水梁黑印现象。
• 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。
• 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。
• I give you a black mark for having had that thought.
  其实，你的这种想法倒是在我心目中留下了污点。