blemish

詳細解釋：

blem.ish

v.tr.（及物動詞）
blem.ished,blem.ish.ing,blem.ish.es
To mar or impair by a flaw.
玷污，有損：因瑕疵而損壞或破壞
n.（名詞）
An imperfection that mars or impairs; a flaw or defect.
瑕疵，缺點或污點：損害或破壞的不完美之處；瑕疵或缺點

來源：
Middle English blemisshen
中古英文 blemisshen
from Old French blesmir, blemir blemiss- [to make pale]
源自 古法文 blesmir, blemir blemiss- [使變得蒼白]
[of Germanic origin] * see bhel-
[源於日耳曼語] *參見 bhel-

【引伸】
blem.isher
n.（名詞）
<參考辭彙><同義詞>blemish,imperfection,fault,defect,flawAll of these nouns denote loss or absence of perfection.
所有這些名詞都意指失去完美。
Blemish applies to something, such as a blotch, that is held to mar the appearance or impair the character of a thing:
Blemish 適用於損壞表面或事物特徵的某事物，如（皮膚上的）膿皰：
例句：
Cosmetics are often used to conceal facial blemishes.
化妝品常用來遮蓋臉部色斑。

例句：
.Industry in art is a necessity—not a virtue—and any evidence of the same, in the production, is a blemish. (James McNeill Whistler).
.在藝術中勤奮是必須的——而不是什麼優點——但作品中任何一點相似之處都是缺點. （詹姆斯·麥尼爾·惠斯勒） 。

Imperfection and fault apply more comprehensively to any deficiency or shortcoming:
Imperfection
.A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections. (Joseph Addison).
fault 更全面適用於任何不足和缺點：
例句：
.一個真正的評論家應論述優點多於不足之處. （約瑟夫·愛迪森）。

例句：
.His independence and love of the English were his only faults. (David Livingstone).
.他的獨立和對英文的熱愛是他唯一的缺點. （大衛·利文斯通）。

Defect denotes a serious functional or structural shortcoming:
Defect 意味嚴重的功能或結構上的不足：
例句：
.Ill breeding . . . is not a single defect, it is the result of many. (Henry Fielding).
.缺乏教養…並不是一個孤立的缺點，而是由許多缺點引起的. （亨利·菲爾丁）。

Flaw refers to an often small but always fundamental weakness:
Flaw 通常指小而往往是重要的不足之處：
例句：
Flaws in emeralds greatly reduce their value.
* 上的瑕疵大大降低了其價值。

例句：
Experiments revealed a very basic flaw in the theory.
實驗揭示了該理論中一個基本的缺陷