| 单词 | impurity |
| 释义 | impurity (once / 2396 pages) n An impurity is something that ruins the uncontaminated nature of something. If someone accuses you of impurity, they think you or your nature has been spoiled in some way by sin. When water is pure, the only thing in that water is water. Add a contaminant, say salt or bleach, and you are introducing an impurity, something that turns the water impure. When used with people, the word has a religious overtone. Someone who is pure is unspoiled by sin. Think Snow White. If you convinced Snow White to rob a bank with you, you'd be spoiling her good nature with your wretched impurity. WORD FAMILYimpurity: impurities+/impure: impurely, impureness, impurer, impurest, impurity/pure: impure, purely, pureness, purer, purest, purism, purity/purism: purisms, purist/purist: purists/purity: purities USAGE EXAMPLESWinemakers also often use animal products, including gelatine or milk protein, to remove impurities. BBC(Dec 07, 2016) The buckets were first described as containing gold flakes, but actually, they held rough-edged bars, a mixture of scrap gold and impurities, from several locations. New York Times(Dec 04, 2016) This is supposed to remove nameless “impurities” from the soup, much as twisting in yoga positions is supposed to wring out “toxins.” New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) 1n the condition of being impure Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper impureness pureness, purity being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material adulteration, debasement being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating admixture, alloythe state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something contamination, taintthe state of being contaminated dirtinessthe state of containing dirty impurities putriditythe state of being putrid pollutionundesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities dust contaminationstate of being contaminated with dust biodegradable pollutionpollution that is rendered harmless by natural processes and so causes no permanent harm nonbiodegradable pollutionpollution that accumulates in the environment and may appear in the food chain air pollutionpollution of the atmosphere noise pollution, sound pollutionannoying and potentially harmful environmental noise thermal pollutionharm to lakes and rivers resulting from the release of excessive waste heat into them water pollutionpollution of the water in rivers and lakes condition, status a state at a particular time 2n worthless or dangerous material that should be removed there were impurities in the water Syn|Hyper dross waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted |
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