動(dòng)詞 contaminate:

1. make impure
   同義詞：pollute, foul
2. make radioactive by adding radioactive material

1. They are contaminating the minds of our young people with these subversive ideas.
   他們這些顛覆性的思想是對(duì)我們年輕人的精神污染。
2. Flies contaminate food.
   蒼蠅可污染食物。

con.tam.i.nate

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
con.tam.i.nated,con.tam.i.nat.ing,con.tam.i.nates
To make impure or unclean by contact or mixture.
污染：通過(guò)接觸或混合使…不純凈或不潔凈
To expose to or permeate with radioactivity.
使…處于放射之下或受放射性污染
adj.（形容詞）

Contaminated.
被污染的

來(lái)源：
Middle English contaminaten
中古英語(yǔ) contaminaten
from Latin cont3min3re cont3min3t- * see tag-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) cont3min3re cont3min3t- *參見(jiàn) tag-

【引伸】
contam.ina.tive
adj.（形容詞）
contam.ina.tor
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>contaminate,befoul,foul,poison,pollute,taintThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to make dirty or impure.:
這些動(dòng)詞所共有的中心意思是.使…變臟或不純凈.：
例句：
a contaminated reservoir;
被污染的水庫(kù)；

例句：
shoes that were befouled with mud;
沾滿淤泥的鞋子；

例句：
noxious fumes that foul the air;
污染空氣的毒煙；

例句：
chemicals poisoning the lake;
污染湖泊的化學(xué)物質(zhì)；

例句：
polluted streams;
被污染的河流；

例句：
food that had been tainted through improper storage.
因貯存不當(dāng)而腐壞的食物