| 单词 | impure |
| 释义 | impure (once / 1133 pages) adj WORD FAMILY impure: impurely, impureness, impurer, impurest, impurity+/impurity: impurities/pure: impure, purely, pureness, purer, purest, purism, purity/purism: purisms, purist/purist: purists/purity: purities USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s tricky terrain, being a penitent seducer, but Usher makes himself and his listeners comfortable there, where virtue is impure and temptation takes countless forms. New York Times(Sep 14, 2016) And it doesn’t matter much that his motive was impure. John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952) Pork is considered impure by Muslims and its consumption forbidden. BBC(Aug 22, 2016) 1adj combined with extraneous elements Syn|Ant unclean having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws technical grade, technical-gradecontaining small amounts of other chemicals, hence slightly impure adulterate, adulterated, debasedmixed with impurities alloyed(used of metals) debased by mixture with an inferior element bastardised, bastardizedderiving from more than one source or style contaminated, pollutedrendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution dingy, dirty, muddied, muddy(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear unpurifiednot made pure unprocessednot altered from an original or natural state pure free of extraneous elements of any kind cleanritually clean or pure axenic(used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms clean, freshfree from impurities clean, clear, light, unclouded(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims finefree from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity nativeas found in nature in the elemental form plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixednot mixed with extraneous elements pristinecompletely free from dirt or contamination sublimatemade pure unadulteratednot mixed with impurities unalloyedfree from admixture uncontaminated, unpollutedfree from admixture with noxious elements; clean virginaluntouched or undefiled processedprepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process 2adj (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene impure thoughts Syn|Ant unchaste not chaste defiled, maculatemorally blemished; stained or impure pure (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless chastemorally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse) immaculate, undefiledfree from stain or blemish whitefree from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied 3adj having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws Syn|Ant unclean nonkosher, terefah, tref not conforming to dietary laws untouchable( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling clean ritually clean or pure cleanfree from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits halalconforming to dietary laws cosher, kosherconforming to dietary laws purefree of extraneous elements of any kind |
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