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adulterated

/verb uh-duhl-tuh-reyt; adjective uh-duhl-ter-it, -tuh-reyt/US // verb əˈdʌl təˌreɪt; adjective əˈdʌl tər ɪt, -təˌreɪt //

掺假的,掺杂的,羼杂的,掺假

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    a·dul·ter·at·ed, a·dul·ter·at·ing.

    • : to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of: to adulterate food.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : impure or debased; cheapened in quality or purity.
    • : adulterous.

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Examples

  • This lack of oversight means that many “Canadian drugs,” which often originate in other countries and are merely shipped through Canada, are adulterated.

  • Deeming it to be “adulterated and misbranded,” they dyed the milk blue.

  • Formerly, when a commodity was adulterated, it could be returned, and the courts became sorely troubled to defend an adulteration.

  • It is to be observed that with the exception of Burgred's coins and a few anonymous pieces the silver was never adulterated.

  • The inferior kinds of smalt are occasionally adulterated with chalk.

  • It is often largely adulterated with chalk and sulphate of copper.

  • Flour and other cereal foods are sometimes adulterated with some cheap substitutes, as bran or sawdust.