Adulteration
[ə'dʌltəreɪʃən] or [ə,dʌltə'reʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another).
(noun.) being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating.
吉尔伯特校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture.
(n.) An adulterated state or product.
整理:蒂娜
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Debasement, corruption, deterioration, sophistication.
錄入:玛格
例句/造句/用法:
- Flour, terra alba, alum, and chalk are the chief ingredients used in the adulteration of cream of tartar. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Both operations are unjuSt. But a simple augmentation is an injustice of open violence; whereas an adulteration is an injustice of treacherous fraud. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The adulteration of the standard, on the contrary, has generally been a concealed operation. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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