contaminate

英 [k?n't?m?ne?t] 美[k?n't?m?net]

GRECET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFL中低頻詞擴展詞匯

第三人稱單數:?contaminates;過去式:?contaminated;過去分詞:?contaminated;現在分詞:?contaminating;名詞:?contamination;

contaminate 污染

con-, 強調。-tam, 接觸，來自-tag變體，詞源同tactile, tangible。即被接觸過的，被污染的。

contaminate: contaminate: [15] Contaminate appears to come from the same ultimate source as contact, a base *tag- ‘touch’, which produced the Latin verb tangere ‘touch’ (whence English tactile, tangent, and tangible). It seems also to have formed the basis of a compound Latin noun *contagmen ‘contact, pollution’, which became altered to contāmen. From this was derived the verb contamināre, whose past participle gave English contaminate.
=> contact, tactile, tangible
contaminate (v.): early 15c., from Old French contaminer, from Latin contaminatus, past participle of contaminare "to defile," from contamen "contact, pollution," from com- "together" (see com-) + *tag-, base of tangere "to touch" (see tangent (adj.)). Related: Contaminant (1934); contaminable.

1. One secret military unit tried to contaminate the drinking water of the refugees.: 一個秘密軍事分隊企圖污染難民的飲用水。

2. All over the world, oil spills regularly contaminate coasts.: 在世界各地，油溢出物經常污染著海岸。

3. The sources of organisms that may contaminate the wound are numerous.: 可以沾染傷口的細菌來源是很多的.

4. White cells contaminate the red cell and platelet components.: 白細胞會“污染”紅細胞和血小板制品.

5. Dispose of that nulear waste properly or it will contaminate the groundwater.: 必須妥善處理那些核廢料,不然就會造成地下水污染.