中英互译
contaminate
英 /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/美 /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/
基本释义
- v.污染,弄脏;毒害,腐蚀(人的思想或品德)
第三人称单数contaminates
现在分词contaminating
过去式contaminated
过去分词contaminated
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词语例句
污染,弄脏vt.
六级四级Have any fish been contaminated in the Arctic Ocean?
北冰洋里有鱼受到污染了吗?
An urban food myth contends that if food spends just a few seconds on the floor, dirt and germs won't have much of a chance to contaminate it.
一个都市食物传奇声称,如果食物只在地板上停留几秒钟,灰尘和细菌就不太有可能弄脏它。
More than 80% of those cases can be attributed to contact with contaminated water and a lack of proper sanitation.
这些病例的80%以上可归因于接触了受污染的水和缺乏适当的卫生设施。
毒害,腐蚀(人的思想或品德)vt.
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。
- An urban food myth contends that if food spends just a few seconds on the floor, dirt and germs won't have much of a chance to contaminate it.一个有关食物的都市神话声称,如果食物只在地上停留几秒钟,灰尘和细菌就不太有可能污染它。
- Hostile relationships invidiously contaminate our wellbeing.敌对关系损害我们的健康。
- Previously, MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether) was the oxygenate of choice, but fell out of favour in 2004 when it was found to contaminate ground water.以前,MTBE(甲基叔丁基醚)曾作为汽油充氧剂,但是,在2004年,人们发现它污染了地下水,所以就不再使用它了。
网络短语
- Contaminate the environment污染环境
- contaminate pollute污染
- Pollute contaminate污染
- contaminate environment污染环境
- space contaminate空间污染
词语扩展
adj.
contaminated受污染的;弄脏的
contaminative污损的;弄脏了的
n.
contamination污染,玷污;污染物
contaminant污染物;致污物
v.
contaminated污染(contaminate的过去式)
英英释义
- v.make impure
- v.make radioactive by adding radioactive material
词源
- contaminate污染con-, 强调。-tam, 接触,来自-tag变体,词源同tactile, tangible。即被接触过的,被污染的。
- contaminate污染,传染,使腐败拉丁语动词tangere(接触)在拉丁语中的派生词有复合名词contagmen(接触),contamen(接触),复合动词contaminare(接触),进入英语为contaminate。 词根词缀: con-共同 + tamin(-tang-)接触 + -ate动词词尾