contaminate
gb/kəntˈæmənˌeɪt/ us/kəntˈæmənˌeɪt/
B2
อังกฤษ
~ 8500
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำกริยา
B2
action
1
make something dirty or unsafe
to make something dirty or not safe by putting a bad or dangerous substance in or on it
รูปแบบการใช้:
to contaminate [something] with [substance]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse "contaminate" with "pollute" and use them interchangeably. "Pollute" is more common for environmental problems in general, while "contaminate" often highlights that a specific thing (water, food, blood, sample) has been made unsafe by a particular substance. Another common mistake is using the wrong preposition: it is usually "contaminate [something] with [substance]", not *"contaminate [something] by [substance]" in this core sense.
คำพ้องความหมาย
pollute (Commonly used for air, water, and environment; slightly broader and more frequent in everyday speech.)
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taint (Suggests adding something that spoils purity or quality; can sound slightly more formal or literary.)
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foul (Emphasizes making something very dirty or unpleasant, especially in smell or taste.)
คำตรงข้าม
purify (Focuses on removing dirty or harmful substances so that something becomes clean or safe.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
contaminate water
|contaminate food
|contaminate soil
|contaminate drinking water
|contaminate the environment
|contaminate the blood
หัวข้อ
environment
|health
|science
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- Chemicals from the factory leaked into the river and contaminated the drinking water.
- The meat was contaminated with bacteria and had to be thrown away.
- Oil from the shipwreck has contaminated miles of coastline.
- Lead paint can contaminate the dust in old houses and harm children.
- Scientists are worried that plastic waste is contaminating the entire food chain.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The dirty water contaminated the well.
- Do not let raw chicken juice contaminate other food.
- The river was contaminated with oil after the accident.
- Old pipes can contaminate the water in your home.
- The doctor said the blood sample was contaminated and could not be used.
คำกริยา
C1
action
2
influence so it becomes corrupt
to have a bad effect on people, ideas, or systems so that they become less pure or less good
รูปแบบการใช้:
to contaminate [abstract thing] with [negative influence]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes think this figurative sense is always physical and try to use concrete objects as the thing that is contaminated. In this meaning, the object is usually abstract, like "minds", "culture", "process", or "debate". Also, do not say *"contaminate someone to bad ideas"; use "contaminate someone with bad ideas" or "contaminate their thinking".
คำพ้องความหมาย
corrupt (Very close in meaning; stresses moral damage, especially in politics, money, or power relations.)
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poison (Strong, figurative term; emphasizes deeply harmful influence on attitudes or relationships.)
คำตรงข้าม
uplift (Suggests improving people morally or emotionally, the opposite of dragging them down.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
contaminate young minds
|contaminate public opinion
|contaminate the jury
|contaminate the process
|contaminate the culture
หัวข้อ
society
|ethics
|psychology
|emotions
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- Many parents worry that violent games will contaminate their children's minds.
- The judge ruled that the leaked interview could contaminate the jury pool.
- He argued that money from special interest groups would contaminate the political process.
- Some critics say that tourism has contaminated the local culture with outside values.
- Hate speech online can contaminate public debate and make compromise impossible.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- They say bad friends can contaminate a young person’s character.
- The lawyer said news reports might contaminate the jury.
- Some people think these ideas will contaminate our culture.
- Greed can contaminate a group that once wanted to help others.
- The teacher did not want rumors to contaminate the discussion.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
contaminate
IPA
GB/kəntˈæmənˌeɪt/
US/kəntˈæmənˌeɪt/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
con - tam - in - ate (4 พยางค์)
Stress on 2nd syllable (tam)
รูปคำ
Verb
- Base: contaminate
- 3rd Person Singular: contaminates
- Present Participle: contaminating
- Past: contaminated
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
contaminates
verb
contaminating
verb
contaminated
verb
Core family
contamination
noun B2
Related words
contaminant
noun B2
decontaminate
verb
Negative and opposite forms
uncontaminated
adjective
Advanced or less common
decontamination
noun
วลีและสำนวน
contaminate the water supply
1/kəntˈæmənˌeɪt ðə wˈɔtɚ səplˈaɪ/
fixed phrase
make a town’s water unsafe
to make the water that many people use for drinking and daily life dirty or dangerous
ตัวอย่าง
- A broken sewage pipe can contaminate the water supply of an entire neighborhood.
- Officials warned that floodwaters might contaminate the water supply.
- The chemical spill did not contaminate the water supply, according to the city report.
contaminate with
1/kəntˈæmənˌeɪt wˈɪθ/
fixed phrase
make something impure with something
to make something dirty or unsafe by putting a named bad substance in or on it
ตัวอย่าง
- The lettuce was contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
- The soil around the factory is contaminated with heavy metals.
- Several batches of medicine were contaminated with glass particles.