英语词汇“adulteration”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adulterateadulterate /əˈdʌltəˌreɪt/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYadulterate

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of adulterare, from ad- to + alter other

VERB TABLE

adulterate

Simple Form
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

Continuous Form
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

to make food or drinks less pure by adding another substance of lower quality to it—adulteration /əˌdʌltəˈreɪʃən/ noun [countable] → see also unadulterated