pollute

英 [pəˈluːt]

美 [pəˈluːt]

v.  污染; 弄脏

现在分词：polluting　过去分词：polluted　第三人称单数：pollutes　过去式：polluted　

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牛津词典

verb

• 污染；弄脏
  to add dirty or harmful substances to land, air, water, etc. so that it is no longer pleasant or safe to use
  1. the exhaust fumes that are polluting our cities
     污染我们城市的废气
  2. The river has been polluted with toxic waste from local factories.
     当地工厂排放的有毒废弃物污染了这条河。
  3. a society polluted by racism
     受种族主义污染的社会

柯林斯词典

• VERB 污染；弄脏
  Topollutewater, air, or land means to make it dirty and dangerous to live in or to use, especially with poisonous chemicals or sewage.
  1. Heavy industry pollutes our rivers with noxious chemicals...
     重工业产生的有毒化学品会污染我们的河流。
  2. A number of beaches in the region have been polluted by sewage pumped into the Irish Sea.
     这一地区的一些海滩已被排放到爱尔兰海的污水污染了。

英英释义

verb

• make impure
  1. The industrial wastes polluted the lake
  Synonym:foulcontaminate

双语例句

• These gases pollute the atmosphere of towns and cities.
  这些气体污染了城镇的空气。
• Eg: It is the waste gases released by cars or factories that pollute the environment.
  汽车和工厂排放大量的废气，使得环境被污染。
• In what ways do we pollute our water?
  我们是怎样污染了水的？
• A world where companies pollute our water and our soil and people kill each other.
  知道了在我们的世界里，水源受污染，土壤被毒化，人与人相互杀戮。
• Light does not exist such as mercury, lead and other environmental pollutants, will not pollute the environment.
  光源不存在诸如水银、铅等环境污染物，不会污染环境。
• I feel I ought to say ( that) they don't pollute the air.
  我觉得我应该说明，它们并不污染空气。
• Are you crazy? That would pollute the water!
  你疯了吗？那会污染水源！
• Mining would pollute the lake and denude the forest
  采矿会污染湖水，毁掉森林。
• If you love environment, don't pollute it.
  如果你爱你的环境，请不要污染它。
• It is claimed that soap powders pollute the water we drink.
  据说肥皂粉污染了我们的饮用水。