释义 |
adulteratea‧dul‧ter‧ate /əˈdʌltəreɪt/ verb [transitive] adulterateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin past participle of adulterare, from ad- ‘to’ + alter ‘other’ VERB TABLEadulterate |
Present | I, you, we, they | adulterate | | he, she, it | adulterates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | adulterated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have adulterated | | he, she, it | has adulterated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had adulterated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will adulterate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have adulterated |
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Present | I | am adulterating | | he, she, it | is adulterating | | you, we, they | are adulterating | Past | I, he, she, it | was adulterating | | you, we, they | were adulterating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been adulterating | | he, she, it | has been adulterating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been adulterating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be adulterating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been adulterating |
- Try not to adulterate such healthy basics with too rich a dressing.
to make food or drink less pure by adding another substance of lower quality to it → unadulterated—adulteration /əˌdʌltəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |