contaminate with
collocation用…污染
The chemicals contaminated the river with toxic waste.
这些化学物质用有毒废物污染了河流。
污染；弄脏；使受污染
使感染（病毒）；传染；玷污；腐蚀；使沾染；通过引入杂质或异物使某物变得危险或有毒。；通过接触或交往使弄脏、玷污、腐化或感染。；引入有害或不良成分使不宜使用。
to make something dirty, polluted, or harmful by adding a dangerous substance
通过引入杂质或异物使某物变得危险或有毒。
To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.
通过接触或交往使弄脏、玷污、腐化或感染。
To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association.
引入有害或不良成分使不宜使用。
To make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.
使感染,通常指致命病毒。
To infect, usually of a deadly virus.
一般现在时
Waste often contaminates the water supply.
废物常常污染水源。
一般过去时
The spill contaminated the river last month.
上个月的泄漏污染了这条河。
现在完成时
The lab has contaminated the samples.
实验室已经污染了样本。
The river has been contaminated by industrial waste.
这条河已被工业废料污染。
用法提示：contaminated是动词contaminate的过去分词，在此构成被动语态，表示“被污染”。
Bacteria can contaminate food if it is not stored properly.
如果食物储存不当，细菌可能会污染食物。
用法提示：contaminate是动词原形，在此表示“污染”的动作。
The samples are being contaminated by airborne particles.
样本正在被空气中的颗粒污染。
用法提示：contaminated是动词contaminate的过去分词，与are being构成现在进行时被动语态。
反义于'污染'，指去除杂质或放射物
反义于'弄脏'，指清除污垢
尤指去除放射性污染
反义于'污染'，常指卫生领域
反义于'污染'，指消灭微生物
用…污染
The chemicals contaminated the river with toxic waste.
这些化学物质用有毒废物污染了河流。
污染水源
Industrial waste can contaminate water supplies.
工业废物可能污染水源。
污染食物
Bacteria can contaminate food if not stored properly.
如果储存不当，细菌可能污染食物。
污染土壤
Heavy metals contaminate the soil near the factory.
重金属污染了工厂附近的土壤。
被污染
The water became contaminated after the flood.
洪水过后水源被污染了。
污染环境
Plastic waste contaminates the environment for centuries.
塑料废物污染环境长达几个世纪。
con- (together) + tamin (touch) + -ate (verb suffix)
辐射是一种可能导致污染的能量形式，常用于核污染语境
毒素是污染物的常见类型，可导致物质不纯
废弃物往往含有污染物，需妥善处理以防污染环境
清理是去除污染物的过程
泄漏是污染物意外释放到环境中的事件
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