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contaminate + noun
The factory's waste contaminate the river.
工厂的废物污染了河流。
污染；弄脏；使受污染
contaminated — past of contaminate
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
污染；弄脏；使受污染
to make something dirty, polluted, or harmful by adding a dangerous substance
The factory's waste contaminate the river.
工厂的废物污染了河流。
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.
contaminate
Base
原形
contaminates
3rd person
第三人称单数
contaminating
-ing
现在分词
contaminated
Past
过去式
contaminated
Past participle
过去分词
Waste often contaminates the water supply.
废物常常污染水源。
The spill contaminated the river last month.
上个月的泄漏污染了这条河。
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。
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。
The samples are being contaminated by airborne particles.
样本正在被空气中的颗粒污染。
The factory's waste contaminate the river.
工厂的废物污染了河流。
常用介词with引出污染物。
They contaminated the water with toxic chemicals.
他们用有毒化学物质污染了水。
被动语态强调污染源。
The food was contaminated by bacteria.
食物被细菌污染了。
Not this
The river contaminated because of the factory.
Use this
The river was contaminated because of the factory.
在中文中，“污染”可以作为不及物动词使用（如“河水污染了”），但英语中 contaminate 是及物动词，必须接宾语或用于被动语态。
Not this
The contaminate of the water is serious.
Use this
The contamination of the water is serious.
contaminate 是动词，不能用作名词。表示“污染”的名词形式是 contamination 或 contaminant。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
Use contaminated naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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想象放射性物质倒入河流，河水被contaminate（污染）。记住con-共同，tam-弄脏，共同弄脏就是污染。
语域：neutral 常见场景：environmental contamination、food safety 通常用于描述环境、食品或物质的污染，属于中性偏正式用法。另外也有专门指放射性污染的专业用法。
通常为及物动词，后接宾语，常与介词with连用
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