adulterate
pronunciation
UK [əˈdʌltəreɪt]
US [əˈdʌltəˌret]
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- vt.
- （尤指食物）掺假
- <废>奸污，诱奸
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- adj.
- 掺杂的
- 掺假的
- 不纯的
- 通奸的
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- n.
- 掺假
Word Origin
adulterate 掺假
前缀ad-, 去，往。词根ulter, 改变, 同alter, 改变。指掺假，欺骗。
Example
- 1. It is a crime to adulterate foods without informing the buyer .
- 不通知买主就对食物掺杂是犯罪。
- 2. Root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee .
- 菊苣根烘烤磨碎来代替或掺杂咖啡。
- 3. How to seethrough adulterate trick of pet food ingredients .
- 如何看穿狗粮原料掺假伎俩。
- 4. Unfortunately there are some rogue refiners traders who melt down gold jewellery themselves and adulterate it with other metals so they increase their margin .
- 不幸的是，总有一些流氓精制厂为了提高利润率，熔化黄金首饰后以其他金属掺假。
- 5. He can adulterate even such things as food-stuff and spices and what are called ' life-saving drugs ' .
- 他甚至诸如食品掺假和香料和所谓的救生药物。
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