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verb dɪˈfʌɪldəˈfaɪl [with object]1Damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil. the land was defiled by a previous owner 这土地都被前地主给糟踏了。 Example sentencesExamples - The absence of a good moral character defiled perceived beauty, making the latter superficial.
- We have allowed ourselves to be dirtied, to be defiled; and the worst of it is that we have done this to ourselves.
- He insists that no one touches Priest, a man of honor, even if he is leading the ‘foreign hordes’ who are defiling this great city.
- The council, for its part, accused the traders of violating city by-laws and of defiling the environment.
- Always the showman, he once hired a falcon to deter pigeons from defiling their sparkling new offices in Victoria.
- The massive laundry operations that began nearly a century ago near the Marmalong Bridge, industrial effluent upstream and the sewage of the city defiled the river.
- In satisfying his urge to steal the Royal digit, Paton was risking his reputation by defiling the Bruce's skeleton, which had been uncovered by workmen in 1818 where it lay inside Dunfermline Abbey.
- And then, you know, the reality is that the image never conforms to the reality and sooner or later, the image is going to be defiled and everybody is going to be enraged.
- The revelations have been received gleefully in French publishing and literary circles, where the author is regarded as a jumped-up interloper who has defiled French literature.
- We have not treated our brethren in the animal kingdom well and we've defiled much of the space they need to live.
- ‘Your hands are too dirty to defile the hilt of my mentor's sword,’ said Wolfus, as he kept back his sword.
- The corridor was dirty, crimson stains defiling the walls.
- He was shown tending the pigs, working with a basket and broom, cremating corpses for a fee, and finally breaking down when his wife would not let him touch her for fear of being defiled.
- Today, Dolly preceded me, and there came another great kerfuffle as she thundered over to the fountain, intent on murdering the avian intruder who was defiling her property.
- That and to make him one of the leaders of the sport he defiled is ludicrous!
- Half a million visitors a year have taken their toll on the place, defiling the green shores and slopes of Walden Pond through the erosive effect of their activity.
- Not a scrap of paper or a sheet of plastic mars its ancient premises in sharp contrast to the clutter that usually defiles our heritage sites.
Synonyms spoil, sully, mar, impair, debase, degrade pollute, poison, corrupt, taint, tarnish, infect foul, befoul, dirty, soil, stain destroy, ruin - 1.1 Desecrate or profane (something sacred)
侮辱，亵渎（圣物） the tomb had been defiled and looted 这坟墓被亵渎盗掠了。 Example sentencesExamples - We did not want non-Jews to enter our Temple to defile our sacred sites or texts.
- However, the hapu say building houses on the sacred mountain at Ngunguru would be akin to defiling Westminster Abbey or the Vatican.
- He insisted that Jesus - who famously ejected money-changers from a temple for defiling a sacred place - would back him.
- And then they defiled the sacred name of Christ many times in my presence.
- The mob entered the synagogue, desecrated the biggest house of worship and defiled the Scrolls of the Law.
- This has not been the case recently, as mindless youths disrespect, desecrate and defile the church and its surrounding area.
- Torah scrolls are publicly burned, and swine are sacrificed over sacred Jewish books to defile them.
- Atalanta and Hippomenes are changed to lions for defiling a sacred shrine.
- Around his neck he wore his white robe, the bottom of which was stained red by the blood that now defiled the sacred hall's floor.
- By defiling this sacred ground, you have released an ancient evil spirit.
Synonyms desecrate, profane, violate, treat sacrilegiously make impure, contaminate, pollute, debase, degrade, dishonour, vitiate - 1.2archaic Rape or sexually assault (a woman)
he took her behind the building and defiled her Example sentencesExamples - Your men defiled my sisters and slaughtered my brothers!
- Maybe he had killed a guard or defiled the aristocrat's daughter.
- She had been training to become a priestess, when she had been defiled.
- It is sickening that old men and grandfathers can develop this ‘who-gives-a-damn’ attitude and go on the rampage to defile young girls, some of them only a few months old.
- From every one talked to it is clear that men that defile girls or rape women have no excuse whatsoever.
- Every track appears to be addressed to a female, and these jousters are comfortable bragging about punching, kicking and shamelessly defiling the female in question.
- You have threatened, deceived, and tried to defile a princess, and for that you must die.
- The scoundrels who made their living plundering, murdering those who got in their way, mercilessly defiling women… it was too much for her to bear.
- You will never convert us to your religion and defile our women.
Derivativesnoun dɪˈfʌɪlədəˈfaɪlər The women reiterated their commitment to fight child labour and urged Government to implement stiffer penalties for child defilers. Example sentencesExamples - And we poets understand why Dante put the defilers of language into the seventh circle of his Hell.
- He said owing to the training that the community had received, Freedom township would no longer entertain child defilers.
- Still I laughed, imagining the defiler, a disgruntled person with a black felt pen.
OriginLate Middle English: alteration of obsolete defoul, from Old French defouler 'trample down', influenced by obsolete befile 'befoul, defile'. noun ˈdiːfʌɪldɪˈfʌɪl A steep-sided narrow gorge or passage (originally one requiring troops to march in single file) 隘路，狭径 the twisting track wormed its way up a defile to level ground Example sentencesExamples - We explore Via Mala - a slitlike defile so narrow that only one traveler at a time could trace its gloomy medieval footpath.
- In the time of David Thompson, the Salish ‘crossed the Mountains by a wide defile of easy passage, eastward of the Saleesh or Flathead Lake.’
- Shetland has been almost totally denuded while at least some remnants of ancient woodland remain on Orkney, hidden in deep defiles and remoter islands.
- Speaking of defiles: ever wonder how to get your force through a restrictive mountain pass?
- The task for each target is to suppress the enemy with the purpose of facilitating the attack through the defile.
- One who does not know the topography of mountains and forests, ravines and defiles, wetlands and marshes cannot maneuver the army.
- The upper strip, a cornice of fir trees etched against the sky; below the tinted mass of forest crowding down to the floor of the defile by the waters of the blue Arazas.
- Tanks, AT guns, and AT rocket launchers are commonly used at strong-points by troops defending road junctions, exits from valleys, gorges, tunnels, defiles, and crossings over mountain rivers.
- In setting up fire pockets, an advantageous front line configuration is chosen, in gaps between strongholds, approaches to commanding heights, choke points, defiles, valleys, gorges, etc.
- On the ground itself there is no defile, no gorge, no precipitous mountain pass, nothing which can remotely be called a Gap from the point of view of anybody on the ground.
- From here a footpath runs north, through a narrow defile between Meall na h-Aodainn Moire and Creag Bhreac past Loch a'Choire and up steep slopes to the summit ridge.
- The view is mind-boggling, with a precipitous drop into the defile of the Lairig Ghru, the great pass that splits the Cairngorms, linking Aviemore and Braemar.
- When fighting in the depths of enemy defenses the pressing sub-units concentrate on routing the enemy units defending roads and directions, defiles, narrow roads, and settlements.
- Just south of the town he took position in a defile, facing south-east with the road through the Wittlewood forest at his back.
- And so the Path led me by many narrow defiles and crumbling ridges to the mouth of a cave.
- Down on the floor of Hualapai Canyon we swung right and entered a gradually narrowing, slowly descending defile.
- We pull ourselves up through a stunted, moss - webbed forest to gain the lower Bigo Bog, a narrow defile between two walls of dark, wet granite.
- They may be laid forward of larger minefields, on road verges, or in defiles where men and vehicles will pass.
- Habitually, the dismounted scouts would be let off the vehicle at least four kilometers from the defile, out of sight and sound of the enemy's suspected screen line.
- The route to the village lies through the mile-long Alikhel gorge, a narrow defile that is perfect for an ambush - as the mujahideen had found against the Russians.
verb ˈdiːfʌɪldɪˈfʌɪl archaic no object, with adverbial of direction (of troops) march in single file. 〈古〉（部队）以单列纵队行进 we emerged after defiling through the mountainsides 我们成一路纵队从山腰走出来。
OriginLate 17th century: from French défilé (noun), défiler (verb), from dé 'away from' + file 'column, file'. verbdəˈfaɪldəˈfīl [with object]1Sully, mar, or spoil. 玷污，损伤，污损，弄脏 the land was defiled by a previous owner 这土地都被前地主给糟踏了。 Example sentencesExamples - We have not treated our brethren in the animal kingdom well and we've defiled much of the space they need to live.
- Today, Dolly preceded me, and there came another great kerfuffle as she thundered over to the fountain, intent on murdering the avian intruder who was defiling her property.
- The corridor was dirty, crimson stains defiling the walls.
- Not a scrap of paper or a sheet of plastic mars its ancient premises in sharp contrast to the clutter that usually defiles our heritage sites.
- The massive laundry operations that began nearly a century ago near the Marmalong Bridge, industrial effluent upstream and the sewage of the city defiled the river.
- ‘Your hands are too dirty to defile the hilt of my mentor's sword,’ said Wolfus, as he kept back his sword.
- And then, you know, the reality is that the image never conforms to the reality and sooner or later, the image is going to be defiled and everybody is going to be enraged.
- We have allowed ourselves to be dirtied, to be defiled; and the worst of it is that we have done this to ourselves.
- The revelations have been received gleefully in French publishing and literary circles, where the author is regarded as a jumped-up interloper who has defiled French literature.
- Always the showman, he once hired a falcon to deter pigeons from defiling their sparkling new offices in Victoria.
- The absence of a good moral character defiled perceived beauty, making the latter superficial.
- In satisfying his urge to steal the Royal digit, Paton was risking his reputation by defiling the Bruce's skeleton, which had been uncovered by workmen in 1818 where it lay inside Dunfermline Abbey.
- The council, for its part, accused the traders of violating city by-laws and of defiling the environment.
- Half a million visitors a year have taken their toll on the place, defiling the green shores and slopes of Walden Pond through the erosive effect of their activity.
- He insists that no one touches Priest, a man of honor, even if he is leading the ‘foreign hordes’ who are defiling this great city.
- He was shown tending the pigs, working with a basket and broom, cremating corpses for a fee, and finally breaking down when his wife would not let him touch her for fear of being defiled.
- That and to make him one of the leaders of the sport he defiled is ludicrous!
Synonyms spoil, sully, mar, impair, debase, degrade - 1.1 Desecrate or profane (something sacred)
侮辱，亵渎（圣物） the tomb had been defiled and looted 这坟墓被亵渎盗掠了。 Example sentencesExamples - He insisted that Jesus - who famously ejected money-changers from a temple for defiling a sacred place - would back him.
- And then they defiled the sacred name of Christ many times in my presence.
- This has not been the case recently, as mindless youths disrespect, desecrate and defile the church and its surrounding area.
- The mob entered the synagogue, desecrated the biggest house of worship and defiled the Scrolls of the Law.
- However, the hapu say building houses on the sacred mountain at Ngunguru would be akin to defiling Westminster Abbey or the Vatican.
- Atalanta and Hippomenes are changed to lions for defiling a sacred shrine.
- Torah scrolls are publicly burned, and swine are sacrificed over sacred Jewish books to defile them.
- We did not want non-Jews to enter our Temple to defile our sacred sites or texts.
- By defiling this sacred ground, you have released an ancient evil spirit.
- Around his neck he wore his white robe, the bottom of which was stained red by the blood that now defiled the sacred hall's floor.
Synonyms desecrate, profane, violate, treat sacrilegiously - 1.2archaic Violate the chastity of (a woman).
〈古〉玷污（妇女） Example sentencesExamples - You have threatened, deceived, and tried to defile a princess, and for that you must die.
- Your men defiled my sisters and slaughtered my brothers!
- She had been training to become a priestess, when she had been defiled.
- It is sickening that old men and grandfathers can develop this ‘who-gives-a-damn’ attitude and go on the rampage to defile young girls, some of them only a few months old.
- Maybe he had killed a guard or defiled the aristocrat's daughter.
- The scoundrels who made their living plundering, murdering those who got in their way, mercilessly defiling women… it was too much for her to bear.
- From every one talked to it is clear that men that defile girls or rape women have no excuse whatsoever.
- Every track appears to be addressed to a female, and these jousters are comfortable bragging about punching, kicking and shamelessly defiling the female in question.
- You will never convert us to your religion and defile our women.
OriginLate Middle English: alteration of obsolete defoul, from Old French defouler ‘trample down’, influenced by obsolete befile ‘befoul, defile’. noundəˈfīl A steep-sided narrow gorge or passage (originally one requiring troops to march in single file). 隘路，狭径 Example sentencesExamples - From here a footpath runs north, through a narrow defile between Meall na h-Aodainn Moire and Creag Bhreac past Loch a'Choire and up steep slopes to the summit ridge.
- We explore Via Mala - a slitlike defile so narrow that only one traveler at a time could trace its gloomy medieval footpath.
- When fighting in the depths of enemy defenses the pressing sub-units concentrate on routing the enemy units defending roads and directions, defiles, narrow roads, and settlements.
- The upper strip, a cornice of fir trees etched against the sky; below the tinted mass of forest crowding down to the floor of the defile by the waters of the blue Arazas.
- One who does not know the topography of mountains and forests, ravines and defiles, wetlands and marshes cannot maneuver the army.
- The route to the village lies through the mile-long Alikhel gorge, a narrow defile that is perfect for an ambush - as the mujahideen had found against the Russians.
- In setting up fire pockets, an advantageous front line configuration is chosen, in gaps between strongholds, approaches to commanding heights, choke points, defiles, valleys, gorges, etc.
- Down on the floor of Hualapai Canyon we swung right and entered a gradually narrowing, slowly descending defile.
- They may be laid forward of larger minefields, on road verges, or in defiles where men and vehicles will pass.
- Shetland has been almost totally denuded while at least some remnants of ancient woodland remain on Orkney, hidden in deep defiles and remoter islands.
- Habitually, the dismounted scouts would be let off the vehicle at least four kilometers from the defile, out of sight and sound of the enemy's suspected screen line.
- On the ground itself there is no defile, no gorge, no precipitous mountain pass, nothing which can remotely be called a Gap from the point of view of anybody on the ground.
- We pull ourselves up through a stunted, moss - webbed forest to gain the lower Bigo Bog, a narrow defile between two walls of dark, wet granite.
- The view is mind-boggling, with a precipitous drop into the defile of the Lairig Ghru, the great pass that splits the Cairngorms, linking Aviemore and Braemar.
- Tanks, AT guns, and AT rocket launchers are commonly used at strong-points by troops defending road junctions, exits from valleys, gorges, tunnels, defiles, and crossings over mountain rivers.
- And so the Path led me by many narrow defiles and crumbling ridges to the mouth of a cave.
- In the time of David Thompson, the Salish ‘crossed the Mountains by a wide defile of easy passage, eastward of the Saleesh or Flathead Lake.’
- The task for each target is to suppress the enemy with the purpose of facilitating the attack through the defile.
- Just south of the town he took position in a defile, facing south-east with the road through the Wittlewood forest at his back.
- Speaking of defiles: ever wonder how to get your force through a restrictive mountain pass?
verbdəˈfīl archaic no object, with adverbial of direction (of troops) march in single file. 〈古〉（部队）以单列纵队行进 we emerged after defiling through the mountainsides 我们成一路纵队从山腰走出来。
OriginLate 17th century: from French défilé (noun), défiler (verb), from dé ‘away from’ + file ‘column, file’. |