contaminate
verb /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/
/kənˈtæmɪneɪt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they contaminate | /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/ /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/ |
| he / she / it contaminates | /kənˈtæmɪneɪts/ /kənˈtæmɪneɪts/ |
| past simple contaminated | /kənˈtæmɪneɪtɪd/ /kənˈtæmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle contaminated | /kənˈtæmɪneɪtɪd/ /kənˈtæmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form contaminating | /kənˈtæmɪneɪtɪŋ/ /kənˈtæmɪneɪtɪŋ/ |
- contaminate something (with something) 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 - 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 - a river contaminated by pollution
被污染污染的河流 - These substances can contaminate groundwater.
这些物质会污染地下水。
- The drinking water has become contaminated with lead.
- contaminate something (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 uncontaminated - They were accused of contaminating the minds of our young people.
词源late Middle English: from Latin contaminat- ‘made impure’, from the verb contaminare, from contamen ‘contact, pollution’, from con- ‘together with’ + the base of tangere ‘to touch’.