[VERB 动词]污染;弄脏 If something is contaminated by dirt, chemicals, or radiation, they make it dirty or harmful.
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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
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Nuclear weapons plants across the country are heavily contaminated with toxic wastes...
全国的核武器工厂均受到了有毒废弃物的严重污染。
More than 100,000 people could fall ill after drinking contaminated water.
超过10万人可能会在饮用受到污染的水后患病。
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The contamination of the sea around Capri may be just the beginning.
卡普里岛附近海域的污染也许仅仅是个开始。
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con·tam·in·ate/kənˈtæmɪneɪt; NAmEkənˈtæmɪneɪt/verb1contaminatesth (with sth) to make a substance or place dirty or no longer pure by adding a substance that is dangerous or carries disease 污染;弄脏SYN
adulterate
◆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2contaminatesth ( formal) to influence people's ideas or attitudes in a bad way 玷污,毒害,腐蚀(人的思想或品德)◆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。☞see also
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▶con·tam·in·ationcontaminationcontaminations/kənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃn; NAmEkənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃn/noun[uncountable ]◆radioactive contamination放射性污染☞see also
1to make a place or substance dirty or harmful by putting something such as chemicals or poison in it: Drinking water supplies are believed to have been contaminated.2to influence something in a way that has a bad effect: He claims the poster ads have ‘contaminated Berlin’s streets’.—contamination /kənˌtæməˈneɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]: radioactive contamination
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