contaminate

verb

1. 污染；弄脏
   to make a substance or place dirty or no longer pure by adding a substance that is dangerous or carries disease
   1. The drinking water has become contaminated with lead.
      饮用水被铅污染了。
   2. contaminated blood/food/soil
      受到污染的血液 / 食物 / 土壤
2. 玷污，毒害，腐蚀（人的思想或品德）
   to influence people's ideas or attitudes in a bad way
   1. 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。

1. VERB 污染;弄脏
   If something is contaminated by dirt, chemicals, or radiation, they make it dirty or harmful.
   1. Have any fish been contaminated in the Arctic Ocean?
      北冰洋的鱼受到过污染吗？
   2. ...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

1. Have any fish been contaminated in the Arctic Ocean?
   北冰洋的鱼受到过污染吗？
2. One secret military unit tried to contaminate the drinking water of the refugees
   一个秘密军事分队企图污染难民的饮用水。
3. Floods can contaminate water and cause fatal illnesses, such as diarrhea and cholera.
   洪灾会污染水质，造成痢疾、霍乱等致命疾病蔓延；
4. We could destroy them with the bomb, destroy them and contaminate them.
   我们可以用炸弹摧毁他们，消灭和污染他们。
5. These chemicals contaminate water and poison animals.
   这些化学品污染水从而使动物中毒。
6. Have to be thrown away later and contaminate our environment.
   稍后将会全数丢弃，这会污染我们的环境。
7. Certain adhesives used can contaminate the recycling process and as a result make recycling difficult and expensive.
   尤其，其中一些粘合剂的使用和污染，增加对纸张回收利用过程的难度和成本。
8. The valve shave no threads or lubricants in the gas stream to generate particles or contaminate the gas.
   阀门没有螺纹或润滑剂处在气流中，不会产生颗粒或污染气体。
9. But they can cause health problems, such as infections and allergies; they can destroy crops, and contaminate food and pharmaceuticals.
   它们不仅能危害健康，例如导致感染和过敏，还能毁坏农作物、污染食品和医药品。
10. Some become magnified in the food web and can contaminate fish stocks.
    一些污染物在食物链中被放大而污染鱼类资源。
11. DO NOT add any chemicals to the system piping which will contaminate the potable water supply.
    不要在管道系统中添加任何可能会造成饮用水污染的任何化学物品。
12. Contamination: Each mouse can contaminate ten times more food than it eats.
    污染：每个鼠标可以绦十倍更多粮食比它吃。
13. If we had to clean our own drinking water, we probably wouldn't contaminate it.
    如果我们必须亲自清洁自己喝的水，我们很可能就不会污染它了。
14. Some language scholars fear such usage will contaminate the purity of Chinese and cause confusion in communication.
    一些语言学者担心，这些字母词的使用会污染汉语的纯度，会导致沟通上的混乱。
15. Bad pipelines carrying sewage contaminate groundwater which spells doom for people relying on it for their drinking water.
    不好的水管会带著污染有害的地下水，供给仰赖这个供水系统的人民喝。
16. They cause illness, and they contaminate our clothes and food.
    它们会引起疾病，也会污染我们的衣物和食物。
17. Contaminate your bed and you will one night suffocate in your own waste.
    如果你弄脏了自己的床，终有一天你会窒息在你自己丢弃的垃圾之中。
18. Elsewhere, irrigation schemes have already caused salty groundwater to rise towards the surface and contaminate soils.
    而在其它地方，灌溉计划已经引起盐碱化的地下水向地表上升并污染土壤。
19. Atmospheric lead from industrial pollution or leaded gasoline can contaminate food through deposition on agricultural crop plants.
    大气中的铅来自工业污染或含铅汽油，可以通过在农作物植株上的沉积污染食品。
20. Any delay in the clean-up poses problems, as radioactive particles may seep into groundwater and contaminate crops.
    清理工作的任何延误都将导致一系列问题，因为放射性粒子有可能会渗入地下水并污染作物。
21. Do not contaminate mattress with chlorine or insect repellents, which can damage the fabric coating.
    不要氯或杀虫剂污染气垫，这些会损坏织物的涂层。
22. Acid rain and heavy metals are only a few of the many pollutants that contaminate rivers, lakes, streams, seas, and oceans.
    在众多的河流、湖泊、小溪和海洋的污染物中，酸雨和重金属只是其中的少数几种。
23. Should these animals harbour viruses, they will contaminate the water and affect other native wildlife.
    这些生物带有海港病毒，有可能会污染水资源，影响其他生物的生存。
24. But intensive crop production requires heavy use of agro-chemicals, which can contaminate the environment in health-harming ways.
    但是，农作物集约生产需要大量使用农用化学品，可污染环境并危害健康。
25. You guys are forgetting about the contaminate itself.
    你们忘记把污染剂本身算上了。
26. Are you brave enough to impeach or disclose the units or individuals that contaminate environment?
    你有勇气检举、揭发污染环境的单位和个人吗？
27. Landfills can contaminate drinking-water if they not properly constructed.
    废渣填埋地如果构建不当则可能污染饮用水。
28. The principle of which fibers contaminate the fabrics was analyzed and the experiments were carried out.
    分析了洗涤过程中纤维沾污织物的机理，并进行了实验测试研究。
29. Water can contaminate food during irrigation.
    灌溉水也会污染食物。
30. Hence, it has no need for pest control, which can contaminate bee products.
    因此，它并没有为虫害控制的必要性，它会污染蜂产品。

  impure contaminate polluted【导航词义：不纯的】

  impure adj. 不纯净的，含杂质的

〔辨析〕指因含有其他物质而不纯或不洁的，往往指含有劣质的物质。

  contaminated adj. 被污染的

〔辨析〕指水、食物等被有害物质污染了的。

  polluted adj. 受污染的

〔辨析〕指水、空气、土壤等被有害物质污染而不适合使用的。

verb

1. make impure
   1. The industrial wastes polluted the lake

   Synonym:    pollutefoul

2. make radioactive by adding radioactive material
   1. Don't drink the water--it's contaminated