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pollute v.污染；弄脏 (1) 我们书店从不出售污染心灵的书籍。(2) 我们不应让废弃物污染我们的河川。 Pollute comes from the Latin word pollut-, meaning “soiled.” When you pollute something, it's soiled or contaminated, often by something poisonous. You might have heard the word pollution — pollution is the stuff that pollutes the environment. The word pollute can be used more figuratively to describe something that corrupts or degrades. For example, reading articles about celebrity weddings can pollute your mind.

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英 [pə'luːt] 美 [pə'luːt] (1) Our store never sells books which pollute the mind.(2) We should not pollute our rivers with waste. Pollute is a verb that means to make something dirty or impure. You can pollute a river by pouring waste into it, or you can pollute your body by eating way too much candy. 1[VERB 动词]污染；弄脏 To pollute water, air, or land means to make it dirty and dangerous to live in or to use, especially with poisonous chemicals or sewage.   [V n]Heavy industry pollutes our  rivers with noxious chemicals...重工业产生的有毒化学品会污染我们的河流。A number of beaches in the region have been polluted by sewage pumped into the Irish Sea.这一地区的一些海滩已被排放到爱尔兰海的污水污染了。pollutedThe police have warned the city's inhabitants not to bathe in the polluted river.警方已警告该市居民，不要在这条遭污染的河里游泳。

英语单词	pollute
英美音标	英 [pə'luːt] 美 [pə'luːt]
中文释义	v.污染；弄脏
英语例句	(1) Our store never sells books which pollute the mind. (2) We should not pollute our rivers with waste.
中文例句	(1) 我们书店从不出售污染心灵的书籍。 (2) 我们不应让废弃物污染我们的河川。
vocabulary简明	Pollute is a verb that means to make something dirty or impure. You can pollute a river by pouring waste into it, or you can pollute your body by eating way too much candy.
vocabulary扩展	Pollute comes from the Latin word pollut-, meaning “soiled.” When you pollute something, it's soiled or contaminated, often by something poisonous. You might have heard the word pollution — pollution is the stuff that pollutes the environment. The word pollute can be used more figuratively to describe something that corrupts or degrades. For example, reading articles about celebrity weddings can pollute your mind.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]污染；弄脏 To pollute water, air, or land means to make it dirty and dangerous to live in or to use, especially with poisonous chemicals or sewage. [V n] Heavy industry pollutes our rivers with noxious chemicals... 重工业产生的有毒化学品会污染我们的河流。 A number of beaches in the region have been polluted by sewage pumped into the Irish Sea. 这一地区的一些海滩已被排放到爱尔兰海的污水污染了。 polluted The police have warned the city's inhabitants not to bathe in the polluted river. 警方已警告该市居民，不要在这条遭污染的河里游泳。

Pollute Word Mind Rivers Means Make Dirty Pollution