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pol·lute AHD[pə-lo͞otʹ] D.J.[pəˈluːt]K.K.[pəˈlut]v.tr.（及物动词）pol.lut.ed, pol.lut.ing, pol.lutes - To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter.See Synonyms at contaminate 污染：使对活的生物不适宜或有害的，尤其是指通过废物的增加 参见 contaminate
- To make less suitable for an activity, especially by the introduction of unwanted factors:玷污：使不太适宜于某一活动，尤其指通过引进不需要的因素：The stadium lights polluted the sky around the observatory.体育馆的灯光使得天文台周围的天空不那么宜于观测了
- To render impure or morally harmful; corrupt.腐败，不洁：使变得不纯洁或道德上有害的；败坏
- To make ceremonially impure; profane:亵渎：使在仪式上不纯洁；亵渎："Churches and altars were polluted by atrocious murders"(Edward Gibbon)“教堂和圣坛被凶残的谋杀亵渎了”(爱德华·吉本)
- Middle English polluten 中古英语 polluten
- from Latin polluere pollūt- 源自 拉丁语 polluere pollūt-
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