contaminate

英 [kənˈtæm.ɪ.neɪt]      美 [kənˈtæm.ə.neɪt]
  • vt. 污染,弄脏
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记忆“contaminate”可以通过联想其词根“contam”与“am”组成“contam-am”,想象你把不良的东西(“contam”暗示污染)“am”带给别人,从而产生“污染、传染”的意思。这种联想可以帮助你记住单词的含义。

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contaminate 污染

con-, 强调。-tam, 接触,来自-tag变体,词源同tactile, tangible。即被接触过的,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.
一个秘密军事分队企图污染难民的饮用水。
2. All over the world, oil spills regularly contaminate coasts.
在世界各地,油溢出物经常污染着海岸。
3. The sources of organisms that may contaminate the wound are numerous.
可以沾染伤口的细菌来源是很多的.
4. White cells contaminate the red cell and platelet components.
白细胞会“污染”红细胞和血小板制品.
5. Dispose of that nulear waste properly or it will contaminate the groundwater.
必须妥善处理那些核废料,不然就会造成地下水污染.

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