[每日] adulterate (v) 攙雜
Word of the Day (Monday November 17, 2008)
adulterate \uh-DUHL-tuh-rayt\, verb:
Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/3657p
1. to add an inferior, impure, or improper substance to; lower
the quality or purity of a food or other substance without
greatly altering the appearance; corrupt
adjective:
1. debased by adulteration; adulterated
It would seem as if some men considered it a sin ever to sell a
pure article, if it be possible to adulterate it with something
cheaper.
-- Adulterated Drugs, Drinks, and Diet, New York Times, October
23, 1949
Industrial plant directors bent upon fulfilling the Plan
adulterate their products to increase quantity.
-- Lance Morrow, The Inscrutable Soviets, Time, May 9, 1972
The disciples also promised not to adulterate milk with water, or
flour with powdered stone.
-- Atomic Vows, Time, May 14, 1946
by 1505, from Latin adulterationem, from adulteratus, pp. of
adulterare "corrupt, debauch," from ad- "to" + Late Latin
alterare "to alter"
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