| 单词 | polluted |
| 释义 | polluted (once / 2304 pages) adj Anything that's polluted is ruined and dirty — it's been contaminated by something dangerous or even deadly. It's not safe to eat fish caught in a polluted river. The adjective polluted is obviously a close relative to pollute and pollution, so you know that polluted air or water isn't clean. All of these words come from the Latin polluere, "to soil or defile," from a combination of por-, "before," and -luere, "to smear." A polluted city can result from a coal-burning factory, and things can also be figuratively polluted: "Fear of outsiders created a polluted society." WORD FAMILYpolluted: unpolluted+/pollutant: pollutants/pollute: pollutant, polluted, polluter, pollutes, polluting, pollution/polluter: polluters/pollution: antipollution, pollutions USAGE EXAMPLESAs proof of their power, the aliens turn the Statue of Liberty into solid gold and clean the polluted air over Los Angeles and Denver. Salon(Dec 29, 2016) Hebei, regarded as China's most polluted province, said it would learn lessons from last week's smog and draw up more "focused measures". Reuters(Dec 28, 2016) Beijing frequently features near the top of the list of China's most polluted cities. Reuters(Dec 25, 2016) adj rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution polluted lakes and streams Syn contaminated impure combined with extraneous elements |
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