| 单词 | blemish |
| 释义 | blem·ish I. < too much heat will blemish the glass > a. < these little singularities … rather set off than blemish his good qualities — Joseph Addison > b. c. archaic < whether a man should be permitted to blemish himself, by pleading his own insanity — William Blackstone > II. 1. < I suppose that human character will never free itself entirely from the blemish of prejudice — A.E.Stevenson b. 1900 > 2. < a calf and a lamb, both a year old without blemish, for a burnt offering — Lev 9:3 (Revised Standard Version) > as a. < blemishes on the adolescent skin may be a symptom of acne — Today's Health > b. c. 3. < he played his minor role without blemish if without distinction — C.L.Becker > Synonyms: < he studiously perfected nature by correcting all the little blemishes of manner and little weaknesses of character in order to produce an immaculate effect — V.L.Parrington > < they assure you that complete, 99 percent waterproof, governmentally organized thought control in China is just a temporary pimple, a passing blemish — Peggy Durdin > defect applies to an imperfection or incompleteness, superficial or not, impairing value or operation < a defect in the machine > < a defect in his hearing > < the moral defects of the thinker are such as make him unfaithful to his work, e.g. laziness or prejudice — Samuel Alexander > < the Spartan state, in fact, by virtue of that excellence which was also its defect — the specializing of the individual on the side of discipline and rule — carried within it the seeds of its own destruction — G.L.Dickinson > flaw may refer to defect in continuity or cohesion (as a crack, fissure, or break) or to something compared to a break or weak spot < we have already seen flaws in the great structure, which were to widen into breaches — John Buchan > < we most enjoy, as a spectacle, the downfall of a good man, when the fall is justified by some flaw in his being — A.L.Guérard > < while Milton's work is immaculate, Wordsworth's is full of flaws — Richard Garnett †1906 > |
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