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

• The public scandal left a black mark on his career.
  这一尽人皆知的丑闻给他的事业留下了污点。
• 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。
• There is much aluminium powder adhere to the surface of aluminium& aluminium alloy strip, which causes black mark defect during slitting. Black mark defect severe damage surface quality of strip. In this article we discuss causes of aluminium powder and discuss preventive measures.
  铝及铝合金带材表面粘着铝粉，在剪切过程中产生黑条缺陷，严重影响了带材的表面质量，探讨了铝板带表面铝粉产生的原因及减少铝粉的措施。
• 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。
• His continual lateness was a black mark against his promotion.
  他连续的迟到是不利于升职的一个污点。
• 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。
• 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。
• The audit finding, released Friday, is the second black mark on the US higher education system in as many weeks.
  上周五公布的这份审计报告是近期以来美国高等教育中的第二起丑闻事件。
• 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。
• The black mark in the bidding process, bid-rigging and other lack of impartiality of the acts have occurred, to the tender side, bidders and other losses.
  而招标过程中的黑标、串标等有失公正的行为时有发生，给招标方、投标方等造成损失。