1. 词性和词义
‘dirtying’是动词dirty的现在分词形式，表示污染或弄脏某物的过程或状态。
例如：
– The kids are always dirtying their clothes.
(孩子们总是把衣服弄脏。)
– The factory is dirtying the river water.
(这家工厂正在污染河水。)
2. 用法
‘dirtying’常常与介词up搭配，形成dirtying up的词组，意思是把某物变得更脏或更丑。
例如：
– She was dirtying up her ss while gardening.
(她在园艺时把鞋子弄得更脏了。)
– Stop dirtying up the walls with your fingerprints.
(别再用手印把墙弄脏了。)
3. 派生词
‘dirtying’可以派生出名词’dirtyingness’，表示某物变得越来越脏的程度或状态。
例如：
– The dirtyingness of the air in the city is becoming unbearable.
(城市空气的污染程度越来越令人无法承受。)
4. 常用搭配
‘dirtying’常常与名词组成动词短语，表示某物被弄脏或污染了。
例如：
– The rain is dirtying the windows.
(雨水将窗户弄脏了。)
– The kitchen floor needs cleaning because the kids have been dirtying it all day.
(厨房地板需要清洗，因为孩子们整天都在把它弄脏。)
5. 常见误用
‘dirtying’通常只适用于污染或弄脏物体的情况，不适用于污蔑或诽谤某人的情况。如果要表达后者，应使用其他词汇或表达方式，例如smearing或slandering。
例如：
– She was accused of dirtying the reputation of the company.
(✗ 她被指控污蔑了公司的声誉。)
– She was accused of slandering the reputation of the company.
(✔ 她被指控诽谤了公司的声誉。)
英汉例句：
1. I can hardly see through this window because of all the rain dirtying it up.
(由于雨水弄脏了这个窗户，我几乎无法透过它看到外面。)
2. The kids were having fun dirtying each other’s clothes with paint.
(孩子们开心地用油漆把彼此的衣服弄脏。)
3. The workers were protesting against the factory for dirtying the air.
(工人们在这家工厂污染空气。)
4. Her hands were dirtying the clean dishes she was trying to dry.
(她的手弄脏了她试图擦干的干净碗盘。)
5. The dirtyingness of the river was so bad that people couldn’t even fish in it.
(这条河的污染程度很严重，人们甚至无法在里面捕鱼。)
dirtying的中文翻译是弄脏。读音为[dɜːtiɪŋ]。
例句：
1. Please don’t touch the wall with your dirty hands, you are dirtying it.
请不要用你脏手去碰墙，你会弄脏它。
2. The rain was dirtying the streets, them muddy and slippery.
雨水弄脏了街道，使它们变得泥泞而滑。
3. He regretted dirtying his shirt with the spilled coffee.
他后悔把洒出来的咖啡弄脏了他的衬衫。
dirtying在英语中代表”弄脏”的意思，作为名词时有”的现在分词”的意思，发音是[ˈdə:tiŋ]，dirtying在英语中经常以名词形式出现，在《荷林斯英英小词典》中，共找到22个与dirtying相关的例句。
1.弄脏
例句:Man is fighting a battle opposition dirtying. (人类正在与污染进行着斗争。)
2.的现在分词
例句:Blade became dirty can swab with soap powder fluid, do not use be brushed forcedly and edge tool goes dirtying. (叶片脏了可用肥皂粉液擦洗，不要用硬刷和利器去垢。)
1. Now, tell me a story about a girl called Lucy, a Viking called Greybeard, and some rebel graffiti dirtying these walls. (翻译:跟我说一下那个叫露西的女人 叫灰胡子的维京人 还有在墙上涂写的那些字眼)
2. Now that the basic texture is done, lets start dirtying it up. (翻译:现在基本的材质完了，让我们给他做的旧一点。)
3. Man is fighting a battle against dirtying. (翻译:人类正在与污染进行着斗争。)
4. It is keeping its distance for fear of dirtying itself by lending to governments and, perhaps, stoking inflation. (翻译:它正在保持距离，唯恐向某些国家放贷而让自己搭进去。放贷有可能会通货膨胀。)
5. Jili’s changing environment, with factories’ dirtying the pure water so crucial to sericulture, also contributed to the industry’s decline. (翻译:工厂污染了对养蚕至关重要的清水，这也导致了辑里制丝业的衰落。)
6. And he would go mad. Because we’d got our football boots on, so we’re dirtying his car. (翻译:这会把他惹毛 因为我们穿足球鞋，会把车弄脏)
7. love me, put your tears to me, I will use my body to dirtying, until you see your smile. (翻译:爱我，就把你的眼泪给我，我会用我的体温把它烘干，直到看到你的笑容。)
8. Why can’t the proletariat leave his dirty galoshes downstairs instead of dirtying the marble? (翻译:为什么无产阶级者不能脱下肮脏的胶套鞋下楼 而非要穿著肮脏的靴子在大理石地上乱走？)
9. Now that the basic texture is done, lets start dirtying it up. (翻译:现在基本的材质完了，让我们给他做的旧一点。)
dirtying作为名词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有0、dirty/1、i/s、dirtyings等。
