pollute

英 [pə'luːt] 美 [pə'luːt]

• v. 污染；弄脏

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 污染; 玷污

   make (air, water, soil, etc.) dangerously impure or unfit for use; destroy the purity of (the mind)

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 污染
2. 玷污
3. 弄脏
4. 败坏（品性）
5. 亵渎
6. 使堕落
7. 沾染
8. 腐蚀

英英释义

Verb:

1. make impure;

   "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Our store never sells books which pollute the mind.
   我们书店从不出售污染心灵的书籍。
2. We should not pollute our rivers with waste.
   我们不应让废弃物污染我们的河川。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Chemical wastes pollute the rivers and streams.
   化学废物污染河流。
2. She thinks these books pollute the minds of children.
   她认为这些书腐蚀儿童的心灵。
3. The expert thinks the violent film will pollute young minds.
   专家认为暴力电影会毒害年轻人的心灵。
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4. The air was polluted by factory smoke.
   空气被工厂冒的烟污染了。
5. The water at the bathing beach was polluted by refuse from the factory.
   海滨浴场水域被工厂排放的垃圾弄脏了。
6. The river is polluted with the poisonous wastes from the works.
   河流被工厂排放的有毒物质污染了。

经典引文

• She seems to think I'll pollute that class if I'm left alone with them.

  出自： D. Cusack

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

pollute with (v.+prep.)

污染,毁坏 spoil; make (sth) dirty or impure with (sth nasty)
pollute sth with sth
Factories are no longer allowed to pollute the air with black smoke.

不再允许工厂的黑烟污染空气了。
Our water supply is becoming polluted with nitrates.

我们的水源正受到硝酸盐的污染。
Parents are afraid that their children's minds will be polluted with the violence that they see on television.

父母担心电视上的暴力行为会对孩子产生精神上的污染。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• pollute air〔atmosphere〕 污染空气
• pollute environment 污染环境
• pollute soil 污染土壤
• pollute water 污染水
• pollute culture 污染文化
• pollute the mind 污染心灵
• pollute a person's honor 玷污某人的荣誉

～+副词

• pollute badly〔seriously〕 严重污染
• pollute horribly 可怕地污染

～+介词

• pollute with 污染,毁坏

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. pollute的基本意思是“污染”。指空气、土地、水源等沾染上有害的物质而变得不纯、不洁、质量低下,甚至有毒。用于比喻也可指人原本纯洁的思想、心灵受到不良事物的影响而受到的伤害,即精神污染。本词强调污染的结果。
2. pollute是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。

近反义词

【近义词】

• contaminate 弄脏
• poison 毒药
• infect 传染
• foul 恶臭的
• defile 弄脏
• demoralize 使士气低落
• taint 污点
• pervert 误用
• corrupt 腐败的
• tarnish 晦暗
• adulterate 搀 ... 使品质变劣...
• infest 侵扰
• spoil 宠坏
• litter 垃圾
• dirty 脏的
• violate 侵犯
• damage 损害
• impair 损害
• blight 枯萎病
• mess 混乱
• smoke 烟
• deteriorate 恶化
• alloy 合金
• soil 土地