contaminating
present participle ofcontaminate
| 单词 | contaminating |
| 释义 | contaminating present participle ofcontaminate contaminate verb[T] uk/kənˈtæm.ɪ.neɪt/us/kənˈtæm.ə.neɪt/to make something lesspureor make itpoisonous: Much of thecoasthas been contaminated bynuclearwaste. Thefoodwhich had been contaminated wasdestroyed. Synonym pollute Opposite decontaminate Making things dirty & untidy
Examplesofcontaminatingcontaminating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. These are, however, very clearly visible in the photographic record when present and it is apparent when they arecontaminatingthe record. From theCambridge English Corpus Paradoxically - as the unwritability topos suggests - only writing can keep literacy, and women, fromcontaminatingthe battlefield. From theCambridge English Corpus Judging by the brownish colour, an amount of vitellin was stillcontaminatingthe active fractions. From theCambridge English Corpus A lowcontaminatingdose may account for the long incubation period and low attack rate. From theCambridge English Corpus This classification is based on the sulfur content because this is the element that makes a fuel more or lesscontaminating. From theCambridge English Corpus The beads bind to the target cells whereas the maternalcontaminatingcells, which do not express the antigen, are left behind or washed away. From theCambridge English Corpus In addition, the sensitivity of the bilayer approach makes it particularly prone to reporting the activity ofcontaminatingchannels. From theCambridge English Corpus A plastic sheet was placed at the top and bottom to prevent rain and dirt on the canopy and ground fromcontaminatingthe trays. From theCambridge English Corpus Obviously, excluding all the literate children from the study in order to eliminate possiblecontaminatingeffects of literacy would have reduced the sample by half. From theCambridge English Corpus A second option is the substitution of the more polluting energy-producing inputs in the productive process or in consumption for lesscontaminatingenergy inputs. From theCambridge English Corpus However, elements and taxa more frequent in potentiallycontaminatingcollections, are not found. From theCambridge English Corpus The negative perception people have of whatever the euphemistic word refers to ends upcontaminatingthe word itself. From theCambridge English Corpus Contaminatinggases were separated with titanium traps and liquid nitrogen. From theCambridge English Corpus Was it wise to bring in clean water, ifcontaminatingrefuse was not also removed from the city? From theCambridge English Corpus This flow will also have the side effect ofcontaminatingsome of the pipes in the plant with oxygen. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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