taint

• vt.汚染する；堕落させる；感染させる
• n. 汚染する；感染させる
• vi. 汚染する；汚染される

古フランス語のteint, 色, 色合い, ラテン語のtinctus, 染める, tingere, 染める, 染み込ませるから, 語源的にはtincture, tingeと同じ。スペル比較ポイント、穿刺。

taint

taint: see tinge

taint (v.)

1570s, "to corrupt, contaminate," also "to touch, tinge, imbue slightly" (1590s), from Middle English teynten "to convict, prove guilty" (late 14c.), partly from Old French ataint, past participle of ataindre "to touch upon, seize" (see attainder). Also from Anglo-French teinter "to color, dye" (early 15c.), from Old French teint (12c.), past participle of teindre "to dye, color," from Latin tingere (see tincture). Related: Tainted; tainting.

taint (n.)

c. 1600, "stain, spot," from Old French teint "color, hue, dye, stain," from Latin tinctus "a dyeing," from tingere "to dye" (see tincture). Meaning "a moral stain, corruption, contaminating influence" is from 1610s.

1. Her government never really shook off the taint of corruption.

彼女の政府は腐敗の影から本当に抜け出したことがない。

2.Rancid oil will taint the flavour.

変質した油は味を破壊する。

3.Bad books will taint the young mind.

悪い本は若者の思想を害する.

4.She could smell the taint of sin in the most innocent of passions.

どんなに純粋な恋でも罪の匂いを嗅ぐことができる。

5.There seems to be a taint of drunkenness in his family.

彼の家族にはアルコール依存症の遺風があるようだ。