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

• 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。
• 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。
• Are you crazy? That would pollute the water!
  你疯了吗？那会污染水源！
• And it produces "greenhouse" gases which pollute the environment.
  同时，这个过程还会产生温室气体，污染环境。
• Their manufacture can cause atmospheric pollution, and the fertilisers themselves can pollute soil and rivers.
  生产过程可能污染大气，而肥料本身则污染泥土和河流。
• We are not entitled to pollute the earth.
  我们没有权利污染地球。
• The expert thinks the violent film will pollute youngster's minds.
  专家认为暴力电影会毒害年轻人的心灵。
• We shouldn't pollute our environment.
  我们不应该污染环境。
• Health immunization flow, storage and recovery will not pollute the environment.
  卫生免疫，周转，存放和回收均不污染环境。
• The toxic fumes made by cars can pollute the air and have a dreadful influence on human beings.
  私家车排除的尾气污染空气，对人类健康产生了可怕的影响。