"Blacken my character" nghĩa là gì?

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"Blacken one's character" nghĩa là nói xấu, bôi nhọ tên tuổi của ai.

Ví dụ
Hunt complains that the True Sun tried to blacken his character. He makes a mistake, it tried to throw a light upon it, as a True Sun should do.

There are occasions when it is justifiable (hợp lý) and proper for a man to make statements, either verbally, or in writing, or by printing, concerning another, which may tend to blacken his character or to defame (phỉ báng) him.

These enemies have combined to blacken my character throughout the country, by means of the telegraph and the Press of the Colony, and have compelled (ép buộc) me to appeal to this House to examine into the charges made against my honor.

I have reason to believe that the attempt is not for the purpose of throwing any light on the subject before you, but to blacken my character by innuendo (ám chỉ); and I desire, if the committee sees fit to go outside of my character for veracity (chân thực), to be allowed to summon (triệu tập) witness touching the moral character of all the parties who are engaged, as I am informed, in the effort to blacken my character.


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