​英语：污染怎么说？

英语：污染怎么说？

pollute

contaminate

taint

pollute “污染”，多指有害物质使空气、水等污染，直接影响人体健康，名词是pollution。

1) The air has been polluted by the fumes from facoties and motor vehicles.

（空气已被工厂和车辆排放废气所污染。）

2) The sea is often polluted by oil which escapes from damaged or defective oil tankers.

(海洋经常被损坏的或有缺陷的油轮泄漏的油所污染。)

3) Scientists say that if pollution is not rapidly eliminated, the world will be a dangerous place for its inhabitants in decades’time.

（科学家说,如果污染不能迅速消除,在今后几十年里我们这个世界会变成一个危险居住的地方。）

contaminate “污染”，指被不干净或有害物质污染，被污染物可指任何东西，名词是contamination。

1) The most serious risk is that toxic chemicals will enter groundwater and contaminate public drinking supplies

（最严重的风险是有毒的化学物质会进入地下水,污染公共饮用水源。）

2) A wound is contaminated when it is made dirty or infected by germs.

（伤口被弄脏或被细菌感染污染，伤口就会被污染。）

3) In food industies, strict measures are required to be taken to control the contamination of foodstuff.

（在食品行业必须要求采取严格措施控制食品污染。）

taint “污染”“腐蚀”、“败坏”、“玷污”、，指由于坏的条件使物质腐烂变质，也可用于表示玷污荣誉、名声，成绩等。名词仍是taint（污点；感染）。

1) The hot weather will taint food.

（炎热的天气使食物腐烂变质。）

2) Bad books will taint the mind and soul of young people.

（内容不好书会腐蚀年轻人的心灵。）

3) Blood doping, which tainted the triumphs of some Olympians, has at last been banned.

（血液兴奋剂玷污了一些奥林匹克选手的辉煌,最终终于被禁止。）