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impurity

/im-pyoor-i-tee/US // ɪmˈpyʊər ɪ ti //UK // (ɪmˈpjʊərɪtɪ) //

不纯物,不纯洁性,不纯物质,不纯洁

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural im·pu·ri·ties for 2.

    • : the quality or state of being impure.
    • : Often impurities. something that is or makes impure: After the flood the authorities warned against impurities in the drinking water.

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Examples

  • Limestone also had to be acquired to reduce impurities during the process.

  • A five-step water filtration system removes impurities and contaminants from the water, leaving clean water for the picky feline.

  • Cheap supplements sold on the Internet are more likely to have issues with unlabeled ingredients or impurities than ones sold in stores such as Costco or Whole Foods, which have a process for vetting supplement products, Israelsen says.

  • In addition, there are impurities called “quenchers” that can stop an activator from working, even if all other conditions are right.

  • That means the process can run on clean renewable energy sources and would produce a stream of carbon dioxide free from fossil-fuel impurities.

  • It just recreates that whole dynamic that we had around the public option--liberal despair at Obama's impurity.

  • Rather it would be more accurate to describe such outcomes as “impurely political”—with the emphasis on impurity.

  • When parties lose power, activists ascribe the loss to the ideological impurity of their incumbent president.

  • Now Sestak is having success running from the left with the same charge of ideological impurity.

  • The principal impurity, and one which renders alum unfit for the use of the dyer, is iron.

  • Exemplify the sibilant impurity with such syllables as pish, false, traitress, miscreant.

  • I admired spotlessness, even though I could lay no claim to it, and hated impurity, as I hope I do now.

  • Is it not there that the evil spirits of impurity spread their nets for thoughtless and unsuspecting youth?

  • The court of Catharine de' Medici was noted for its impurity, as it was infamous for its recklessness of human life.