adulterated
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
动词 v.
- simple past and past participle of adulterate
形容词 adj.
-
Intentionally tainted with impurities (usually as motivated by cheapening the production of a food product or enhancing the psychotropic effects of a street drug).
— Near-synonyms: laced, tainted, contaminated; see also Thesaurus:contaminated
词源
词源 1
The adjectival sense's relation to adultery is the common theme that corruption or pollution has occurred; more at adulterate. By surface analysis, adulterate + -ed.
词源 2
The adjectival sense's relation to adultery is the common theme that corruption or pollution has occurred; more at adulterate. By surface analysis, adulterate + -ed.
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