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单词 adulteration
释义
adulteration
noun[U]
uk
/əˌdʌl.təˈreɪ.ʃən/us
/əˌdʌl.təˈreɪ.ʃən/
theactof makingfoodordrugsworseinqualitybyaddingsomething to them:
The adulteration ofpoultryisconsideredaseriousproblem.
Thepresenceoflowlevelsof melamine inmilkis notnecessarilydueto adulteration.
See
adulterate
More examples
  • He waschargedwith onecountof misbranding and adulteration of adrug.
  • He isparticularlyworriedby the adulteration of Ecstasytablets.
  • Adulteration ofgoodsis verycommon.
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(Definition ofadulterationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofadulteration

adulteration
Her escape underscores the powers of cosmeticadulterationin a society that understands race as a visual category and ascribes racial significations of value.
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Concerns surrounding these practices were initially connected to discussions on foodadulterationand the fraudulent sale of sub-standard food items.
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The limited capacity of the colonial state to intervene in the rubber market is most starkly illuminated by the practice of rubberadulteration.
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The pending bill would broaden the definitions of, and put teeth into the penalties for,adulteration.
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Nor was the risk ofadulterationso obvious that only someone indifferent to the risk could have failed to notice it.
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The colonial state proved particularly challenged by the practice of rubberadulteration, whereby local collectors and traders corrupted rubber with foreign objects to increase its weight.
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We have listened this morning to an interesting, knowledgeable, exposition on food poisoning, foodadulteration, food technology, labelling and advertising.
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Then there is the question of theadulterationof milk by the addition of water or skimmed milk.
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The trouble only comes in from villainousadulteration, and from the sale of raw spirit while it is still reeking with fusel oil.
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For instance, it refers to seed produced in climatic conditions different from our own and seed which may be used foradulteration.
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They do not prevent theadulterationof milk.
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You bring in every dairyman, and it would give an excuse for dairymen and wholesale providers who may be guilty ofadulteration.
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Many of the present provisions have their origin in nineteenth century legislation on theadulterationof food and drugs and on public health.
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The amount ofadulterationwhich goes on is a disgrace to our civilisation.
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Is there any record anywhere of anyadulterationin this way?
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