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

• 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。
• If your research has found a black mark in the company's record, ask about how that's been corrected.
  如果在你的调查之中，发现了公司记录中曾有过的不良记录，问问这个不良记录是如何被修正的。
• 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。
• The BBC has since changed its policy and reporters will be instructed to wear dark coloured suits, with the male broadcasters in white shirts and black ties as a mark or respect.
  自那之后，英国广播公司对他们的规定进行了更改，记者们将被指定身着深色西装，男性主播将会身着白色衬衣及黑色领带以示尊重。
• 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。
• 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。
• I don't know if the firm will actually sack me for having lost the contract, but it'll certainly be a black mark against me.
  我不知道公司是否会因失去合同一事将我辞退，但这桩事一定会成为我的一个污点。
• Is it because, when the minister wrote his name in the book, the Black Man set his mark in that place?
  是不是因为牧师在册子上写下名字的时候，黑男人在那地方打下了记号？
• The black mark on the right side is the effect of the lamp burning the LCD screen.
  在右边的黑色标志，是燃烧着的液晶屏幕灯的效果。
• The integrated spot array target board consists of gray spots and black interval belts, and makes it convenient to mark the spots in sequence and correspond the distorted points to the ideal points.
  “综合点阵靶板”采用灰色圆点黑色间带图案，方便了点按序标记排列，从而确定畸变点与理想点的一一对应。