英语词源
- polluted (adj.)
- c. 1400, "rendered impure or unclean," past participle adjective from pollute (v.). Meaning "drunk" is from 1912, American English slang; ecological sense is from 1888.
权威例句
- 1. It is probably the most polluted body of water in the world.
- 这很可能是世界上受污染最严重的一片水域。
- 2. The polluted waste is often dumped, making the surrounding land infertile.
- 被污染的废物经常被随意倒掉，周边土地因此而变得很贫瘠。
- 3. But this water seems dead: it's polluted and horribly stagnant.
- 但这似乎是一潭死水：受了污染而且恶臭无比。
- 4. Polluted water lessens crop yields.
- 受污染的水源会降低农作物产量。
- 5. A leakage of kerosene has polluted water supplies.
- 泄漏的煤油污染了水源。