contaminated
(v.)(vbl.)汙染
Con·tam·i·nate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contaminated p. pr. & vb. n. Contaminating ] To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.
Shall we now
Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak.
I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith.
Syn: -- To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt.
contaminated
adj 1: corrupted by contact or association; "contaminated evidence"
[ant: uncontaminated]
2: contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds";
"obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen [syn: dirty,
infected, pestiferous]
3: rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to
boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"
[syn: polluted]