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contaminate vt.弄脏；污染 (1) 在世界各地，油溢出物经常污染着海岸。(2) 他们这些颠覆性的思想是对我们年轻人的精神污染。 Contaminate comes from the Latin word contaminat-, meaning “made impure.” You can use the word to indicate that a hazardous substance has been introduced into something else, such as food that is contaminated with mold. It can also be used figuratively to describe the spoiling of a good thing, like one person's habit of gossiping that can contaminate a conversation among friends.

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英 [kən'tæmɪneɪt] 美 [kən'tæməˌneɪt] (1) All over the world, oil spills regularly contaminate coasts.(2) They are contaminating the minds of our young people with these subversive ideas. The verb contaminate means the same as pollute. Whether it’s food, air, or water, when you contaminate something, you make it impure or hazardous. 1[VERB 动词]污染；弄脏 If something is contaminated by dirt, chemicals, or radiation, they make it dirty or harmful.   [be V-ed]  [V-ed]  [Also V n]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contaminatedNuclear 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。contaminationThe 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。

英语单词	contaminate
英美音标	英 [kən'tæmɪneɪt] 美 [kən'tæməˌneɪt]
中文释义	vt.弄脏；污染
英语例句	(1) All over the world, oil spills regularly contaminate coasts. (2) They are contaminating the minds of our young people with these subversive ideas.
中文例句	(1) 在世界各地，油溢出物经常污染着海岸。 (2) 他们这些颠覆性的思想是对我们年轻人的精神污染。
vocabulary简明	The verb contaminate means the same as pollute. Whether it’s food, air, or water, when you contaminate something, you make it impure or hazardous.
vocabulary扩展	Contaminate comes from the Latin word contaminat-, meaning “made impure.” You can use the word to indicate that a hazardous substance has been introduced into something else, such as food that is contaminated with mold. It can also be used figuratively to describe the spoiling of a good thing, like one person's habit of gossiping that can contaminate a conversation among friends.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]污染；弄脏 If something is contaminated by dirt, chemicals, or radiation, they make it dirty or harmful. [be V-ed] [V-ed] [Also V n] 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 contaminated 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。 contamination 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。

Contaminate D Contaminated People Make Word Contamination 英