besmirch

1. V-T If you besmirch someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true. 誹謗; 玷污[文學(xué)性]

He has accused local people of trying to besmirch his reputation. 他指責(zé)當(dāng)?shù)厝似髨D敗壞他的名譽。