mar

verb
🔊/mɑː(r)/
🔊/mɑːr/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they mar
🔊/mɑː(r)/
🔊/mɑːr/
he / she / it mars
🔊/mɑːz/
🔊/mɑːrz/
past simple marred
🔊/mɑːd/
🔊/mɑːrd/
past participle marred
🔊/mɑːd/
🔊/mɑːrd/
-ing form marring
🔊/ˈmɑːrɪŋ/
🔊/ˈmɑːrɪŋ/
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  1. mar something to damage something or make something less good or successful 破坏;毁坏;损毁;损害synonym blight, ruin
    • The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans.喝醉了的球迷行为不轨,把比赛给搅了。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • A frown marred his handsome features.皱眉让他的容貌显得不那么英俊了。
    • The meal was marred only by the somewhat over-enthusiastic waiter.这顿饭只被有点热情的服务员给弄坏了。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMar is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • frown
    • violence
    Mar is used with these nouns as the object:
    • beauty
    • image
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    Word OriginOld English merran ‘hinder, damage’, of Germanic origin; probably related to Dutch marren ‘loiter’.