pollute

• vt. 汙染；玷汙；敗壞

來自拉丁語pollurere,抹上泥土，弄髒，玷汙，來自前綴por-在字母l開頭前的異化形式pol-,在前，向前，luere,塗抹，弄髒，流出，流出泥漿，詞源同liniment,delete.在14世紀時用於詞義遺精，後於19世紀中期用於詞義汙染，並成為主要詞義。

pollute (v.)

late 14c., "to defile," a back formation from pollution, or else from Latin pollutus, past participle of polluere "to defile, pollute, contaminate." Related: Polluted; polluting. Meaning "make physically foul" is from 1540s; specific sense "contaminate the environment" emerged from late 19c.

1. Mining would pollute the lake and denude the forest.

采礦會汙染湖水，毀掉森林。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Factories are no longer allowed to pollute the air with black smoke.

不再允許工廠的黑煙汙染空氣了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. She thinks these books pollute the minds of children.

她認為這些書腐蝕兒童的心靈.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. These gases pollute the atmosphere of towns and cities.

這些氣體汙染了城鎮的空氣。

來自辭典例句

5. Many things pollute water, such as tires, trash, and plastic bags.

很多東西使水汙染, 例如輪胎 、 垃圾和塑膠袋.

來自辭典例句