deface

英 [dɪˈfeɪs]

美 [dɪˈfeɪs]

v.  损伤…的外貌(尤指乱涂、乱写)

过去分词：defaced　现在分词：defacing　过去式：defaced　第三人称单数：defaces　

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

BNC.19314 / COCA.23301

牛津词典

verb

• 损伤…的外貌（尤指乱涂、乱写）
  to damage the appearance of sth especially by drawing or writing on it

柯林斯词典

• VERB 损伤…的外观;在…上乱涂乱画
  If someonedefacessomething such as a wall or a notice, they spoil it by writing or drawing things on it.
  1. It's illegal to deface banknotes.
     在钞票上乱涂乱画是违法的。

英英释义

verb

• mar or spoil the appearance of
  1. scars defaced her cheeks
  2. The vandals disfigured the statue
  Synonym:disfigureblemish

双语例句

• The emperor himself was interested not to deface the splendor of his own cities.
  皇帝本人都很不愿意毁坏了他自己的那些城市的壮丽景色。
• We deface advertisements to protest against their influence on society.
  我们通过涂污广告牌来抗议广告对社会的影响。
• While many of the strangers pointed out it was the wrong thing to do, or asked the students to take responsibility for any repercussions, half of the strangers agreed to deface the book& much more than the average of 29 percent that the students predicted.
  尽管很多人指责该行为，或要求学生们对后果负责，但仍有一半的陌生人同意在书上写字，该比例远超学生们之前预想的29%这一平均比例。
• It will not only create corruption, raid the market and harm consumers, but also deface authorities so as to cause damage to government and people sooner or later.
  它不仅容易滋生腐败、扰乱市场、危害用户，而且还自损政府形象，最终受害的是政府和人民。
• Some of the spectators would like to deface the billboard structures, but we disapprove.
  一些旁观者喜欢涂污广告牌的架子，我们不赞成这样做。
• To destroy or deface ( public or private property) willfully or maliciously.
  破坏故意地或恶意地破坏或毁损（公共或私人财产）
• In other words, from a security perspective, the existence of such an area presents a big, fat, juicy target to anyone who wants to deface or damage the Web application.
  也就是说，从安全的角度而言，此类区域的存在为任何希望破坏Web应用程序的人提供了一个极大而且非常容易攻击的目标。
• To complete the Eliot quote on plagiarism: "bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different."
  艾略特关于剽窃的那句名言还有后文：“差的诗人将别人的弄得更差，好的诗人将别人的弄得更好，或者至少能与之不同。”
• The youths used spray paint to deface buildings during the riots.
  这些年轻人在抗争时用喷漆污损了建筑物的外观。
• Diamonds, the hardest natural stone, and rubies and sapphires, the second hardest, are actually rather hard to deface.
  钻石（最坚硬的天然石）和次硬的红、蓝宝石，要刮伤其表面其实相当困难。