My own career's just one long brazen smirch of 'em!
我自己的职业生涯只是对她们的长期厚颜无耻的污蔑!
米德尔马契(四)
" Enough! I understand, " — said Mrs. Cadwallader. " You shall be innocent. I am such a blackamoor that I cannot smirch myself" .
“够了!我明白了,” ——卡德沃拉德夫人说。“你应该是无辜的。我是个黑人, 我不能自欺欺人” 。
亨利·亚当斯的教育(中)
The worst scandals of the eighteenth century were relatively harmless by the side of this, which smirched executive, judiciary, banks, corporate systems, professions, and people, all the great active forces of society, in one dirty cesspool of vulgar corruption.
Dirt is unclean matter, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin or possessions when they are said to become dirty. Common types of dirt include: