contaminate
英 [kənˈtæmɪneɪt]
美 [kənˈtæmɪneɪt]
v. 污染; 弄脏; 玷污，毒害，腐蚀(人的思想或品德)
过去分词：contaminated 现在分词：contaminating 第三人称单数：contaminates 过去式：contaminated 复数：contaminates
Collins.2 / BNC.8537 / COCA.7402
同义词辨析
impurecontaminatepolluted【导航词义：不纯的】
impureadj. 不纯净的，含杂质的
〔辨析〕
指因含有其他物质而不纯或不洁的，往往指含有劣质的物质。
〔例证〕
impure silver
不纯的银
The salt you bought from the market was slightly impure.
你从市场上买回的盐含有少量杂质。
He was a drug dealer who sold impure heroin.
他是个贩卖不纯海洛因的毒贩。
不纯的银
The salt you bought from the market was slightly impure.
你从市场上买回的盐含有少量杂质。
He was a drug dealer who sold impure heroin.
他是个贩卖不纯海洛因的毒贩。
contaminatedadj. 被污染的
〔辨析〕
指水、食物等被有害物质污染了的。
〔例证〕
Data from the contaminated specimen cannot be used.
根据被污染的样品得到的数据是不能使用的。
People in the area could fall ill after drinking contaminated water.
那一地区的居民可能会在饮用受到污染的水后患病。
Her infection was traced to contaminated food.
她的感染被查出是由受到污染的食物所致。
根据被污染的样品得到的数据是不能使用的。
People in the area could fall ill after drinking contaminated water.
那一地区的居民可能会在饮用受到污染的水后患病。
Her infection was traced to contaminated food.
她的感染被查出是由受到污染的食物所致。
pollutedadj. 受污染的
〔辨析〕
指水、空气、土壤等被有害物质污染而不适合使用的。
〔例证〕
Experts are investigating why the lake is seriously polluted.
专家正在调查为什么这个湖会受到严重污染。
The inhabitants are being warned to avoid bathing in the polluted river.
市民被提醒不要在那条遭污染的河里游泳。
The aim of the new project is to clean up polluted land.
新项目的目标是整治受污染的土地。
专家正在调查为什么这个湖会受到严重污染。
The inhabitants are being warned to avoid bathing in the polluted river.
市民被提醒不要在那条遭污染的河里游泳。
The aim of the new project is to clean up polluted land.
新项目的目标是整治受污染的土地。
牛津词典
verb
- 污染；弄脏
to make a substance or place dirty or no longer pure by adding a substance that is dangerous or carries disease- The drinking water has become contaminated with lead.
饮用水被铅污染了。 - contaminated blood/food/soil
受到污染的血液 / 食物 / 土壤
- The drinking water has become contaminated with lead.
- 玷污，毒害，腐蚀（人的思想或品德）
to influence people's ideas or attitudes in a bad way- They were accused of contaminating the minds of our young people.
他们被指控毒害我们青少年的心灵。
- They were accused of contaminating the minds of our young people.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 污染;弄脏
If somethingis contaminated bydirt, chemicals, or radiation, they make it dirty or harmful.- Have any fish been contaminated in the Arctic Ocean?
北冰洋的鱼受到过污染吗？ - ...vast tracts of empty land, much of it contaminated by years of army activity.
大片撂荒的土地，其中大部分由于经年累月的战火而受到了污染
- Have any fish been contaminated in the Arctic Ocean?
英英释义
verb
- make impure
- The industrial wastes polluted the lake
- make radioactive by adding radioactive material
- Don't drink the water--it's contaminated
双语例句
- Some become magnified in the food web and can contaminate fish stocks.
一些污染物在食物链中被放大而污染鱼类资源。 - One secret military unit tried to contaminate the drinking water of the refugees
一个秘密军事分队企图污染难民的饮用水。 - Certain adhesives used can contaminate the recycling process and as a result make recycling difficult and expensive.
尤其，其中一些粘合剂的使用和污染，增加对纸张回收利用过程的难度和成本。 - Water can contaminate food during irrigation.
灌溉水也会污染食物。 - Acid rain and heavy metals are only a few of the many pollutants that contaminate rivers, lakes, streams, seas, and oceans.
在众多的河流、湖泊、小溪和海洋的污染物中，酸雨和重金属只是其中的少数几种。 - Do not contaminate mattress with chlorine or insect repellents, which can damage the fabric coating.
不要氯或杀虫剂污染气垫，这些会损坏织物的涂层。 - Some language scholars fear such usage will contaminate the purity of Chinese and cause confusion in communication.
一些语言学者担心，这些字母词的使用会污染汉语的纯度，会导致沟通上的混乱。 - You guys are forgetting about the contaminate itself.
你们忘记把污染剂本身算上了。 - Contamination: Each mouse can contaminate ten times more food than it eats.
污染：每个鼠标可以绦十倍更多粮食比它吃。 - Any delay in the clean-up poses problems, as radioactive particles may seep into groundwater and contaminate crops.
清理工作的任何延误都将导致一系列问题，因为放射性粒子有可能会渗入地下水并污染作物。