pol.lute
v.tr.(及物动词)pol.lut.ed,pol.lut.ing,pol.lutes To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter.See Synonyms at contaminate 污染:使对活的生物不适宜或有害的,尤其是指通过废物的增加参见 contaminateTo make less suitable for an activity, especially by the introduction of unwanted factors:玷污:使不太适宜于某一活动,尤其指通过引进不需要的因素:例句:The stadium lights polluted the sky around the observatory.体育馆的灯光使得天文台周围的天空不那么宜于观测了
To render impure or morally harmful; corrupt.腐败,不洁:使变得不纯洁或道德上有害的;败坏To make ceremonially impure; profane:亵渎:使在仪式上不纯洁;亵渎:例句:.Churches and altars were polluted by atrocious murders.(Edward Gibbon).教堂和圣坛被凶残的谋杀亵渎了.(爱德华·吉本)
来源:Middle English polluten 中古英语 polluten from Latin polluere pollôt- 源自 拉丁语 polluere pollôt-
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pollut.er
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