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
- Water can contaminate food during irrigation.
灌溉水也会污染食物。 - Contaminate your bed and you will one night suffocate in your own waste.
如果你弄脏了自己的床，终有一天你会窒息在你自己丢弃的垃圾之中。 - But they can cause health problems, such as infections and allergies; they can destroy crops, and contaminate food and pharmaceuticals.
它们不仅能危害健康，例如导致感染和过敏，还能毁坏农作物、污染食品和医药品。 - Elsewhere, irrigation schemes have already caused salty groundwater to rise towards the surface and contaminate soils.
而在其它地方，灌溉计划已经引起盐碱化的地下水向地表上升并污染土壤。 - You guys are forgetting about the contaminate itself.
你们忘记把污染剂本身算上了。 - 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。 - Landfills can contaminate drinking-water if they not properly constructed.
废渣填埋地如果构建不当则可能污染饮用水。 - Bad pipelines carrying sewage contaminate groundwater which spells doom for people relying on it for their drinking water.
不好的水管会带著污染有害的地下水，供给仰赖这个供水系统的人民喝。 - These chemicals contaminate water and poison animals.
这些化学品污染水从而使动物中毒。 - They cause illness, and they contaminate our clothes and food.
它们会引起疾病，也会污染我们的衣物和食物。