Adulterate
[ə'dʌltəreɪt] or [ə'dʌltəret]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To defile by adultery.
(v. t.) To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of a foreign or a baser substance; as, to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coin, etc.
(v. i.) To commit adultery.
(a.) Tainted with adultery.
(a.) Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.
朱厄尔錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Debase, corrupt, vitiate, sophisticate, alloy, dash, deteriorate, make impure.
編輯:路易斯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Debase, corrupt, deteriorate, vitiate, contaminate
ANT:Make_pure, genuine, undeteriorate
埃菲編輯
解釋/意思:
v.t. to corrupt: to make impure (by mixing).—v.i. (obs.) to commit adultery.—adj. defiled by adultery: spurious: corrupted by base elements.—ns. Adult′erant the person or substance that adulterates; Adulterā′tion the act of adulterating: the state of being adulterated.
手打:梅格
例句/造句/用法:
- A genuine craftsman will not adulterate his product: the reason isn't because duty says he shouldn't, but because passion says he couldn't. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- As Manila fiber is at times adulterated with Sisal, so has the latter its adulterant in a plant called Istle, which grows in Mexico and has hitherto been chiefly used in brush making. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Nations have sometimes, for the same purpose, adulterated the standard of their coin; that is, have mixed a greater quantity of alloy in it. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- It is not difficult to procure pure soda, but the cream of tartar is frequently adulterated, and care must be used in its purchase. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Most of the vanilla extracts sold for flavoring purposes are adulterated with Tonka beans and other adulterants, some containing not a particle of vanilla. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
校對:惠特尼