" We have a proud reputation , but mustn 't tarnish it for the sake of making a quick buck , " he said .
“我们有我们引以自豪的名誉，但绝不能为了急于赚钱就玷污了它，”他说。
Sarkozy has said that accusations of illegal campaign financing were an attempt to tarnish his reputation .
萨科齐一直说，非法竞选筹款的指控是在试图败坏他的名声。
In his follow-up article , he said his questioners deemed the case a state secret because , he later learned , they feared that its revelation might tarnish luoyang 's quest to become a " civilized city " as part of a national competition .
The issue could tarnish u. s. - japan relations ; as u. s. assistant secretary of state kurt campbell told reporters during a trip to tokyo in february , " the situation has to be resolved in order to ensure that u. s. - japan relations continue on such a positive course . "
Saeed leylaz , a political analyst in iran , said he believed that his country wanted to use ms. saberi in negotiations with the united states , but would not keep her for long because it would tarnish its human rights record .
