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

• If I'm late for work again it will be another black mark.
  如果我再一次上班迟到，那将是另一个污点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• My refusal to go would be a black mark against me.
  我要是拒绝不去就会成为对我不利的一个污点。
• I think this has to go down as another serious black mark for men.
  我想，这个也可以作为男人的另外一个严重污点了吧。
• I give you a black mark for having had that thought.
  其实，你的这种想法倒是在我心目中留下了污点。