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单词 adulterates
释义

adulterate /ə-dulˈtə-rāt/

transitive verb
  1. To debase or falsify, by mixing with something inferior or spurious
  2. To commit adultery with (obsolete)
intransitive verb (Shakespeare)

To commit adultery

adjective
  1. Defiled by adultery
  2. Spurious
  3. Corrupted by base elements
ORIGIN: L adulterāre, -ātum, prob from ad to, and alter another. Some forms come from Fr, remodelled later on Latin

adultˈerant noun

Something with which anything is adulterated (also adjective)

adulterāˈtion noun

  1. The act of adulterating
  2. The state of being adulterated

adultˈerātor noun

A person who adulterates a commodity

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