pollute

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vt. 污染, 弄脏, 玷污 [化] 污染

发音

US /pəˈluːt/

词形变化

polluted pollutes 三单 pollutes pollutest polluteth polluting polluting 现在分词 polluted 过去式 polluted 过去分词 more pollute 比较级 most pollute 最高级

教材释义与例句

动词

污染；玷污；败坏

to make air, water, soil etc dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use

beaches polluted by raw sewage

受未经处理的污水污染的海滩

The factory pollutes the air and water.

那家工厂污染了空气和水。

释义与例句

v. A2
  1. 1.

    To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.

    及物

    The factory polluted the river when it cleaned its tanks.

  2. 2.

    To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.

    及物

    The lights from the stadium polluted the night sky, and we couldn't see the stars.

  3. 3.

    To corrupt or profane

    But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.

  4. 4.

    To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Polluted; defiled.

    罕用

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

foul contaminate

上位词 6

dirty soil grime begrime bemire colly

下位词 2

infect taint

词源

From Middle English polluten, borrowed from Latin pollūtum, from pollūtus (“no longer virgin", "unchaste”), perfect passive participle of polluō (“soil", "defile", "dishonor”).

来源：wiktionary