pollute學測 L3KK [pəˈlut] ｜ /pəˈlut/
污染（環境）·敗壞；玷污
環保議題學測常客
Cars and factories pollute the air we breathe every day.
汽車和工廠每天都在污染我們呼吸的空氣。
一個畫面：墨滴入清水
滴墨入水一滴髒污滴進乾淨的水裡
污色擴散顏色慢慢暈開，水變混濁
全域變濁整杯水甚至整條河都受影響
義項
河水變髒B2verb污染（環境）
The factory put chemicals into the river and polluted the water.
工廠把化學物質放進河裡，污染了河水。
pollute the airpollute the water
心靈染污C1verb敗壞；玷污
He was afraid that bad friends would pollute his son's mind.
他害怕壞朋友會敗壞兒子的心靈。
pollute the mindpollute young minds
片語
air pollution空氣變髒 →空氣污染
water pollution水質變髒 →水污染
noise pollution噪音擾人 →噪音污染
polluted river河水發黑 →被污染的河流
你會不會這樣說？
Cars and factories ___ (pollute / pollution) the air we breathe every day.
看答案
pollute
pollute 是動詞，指弄髒環境；pollution 才是名詞。
「He was afraid that bad friends would pollute his son's mind.」這裡的 pollute 最接近哪個意思？(A) 弄髒河水 (B) 敗壞心靈
看答案
(B)
此句形容心靈受影響，對應敗壞玷污義項，非環境污染。
字族
pollution 污染（名詞）・polluted 受污染的（形容詞）・pollutant 污染物
順路看看
contaminate — 更正式的污染同義字waste — 污染常見的來源之一recycle — 預防污染的行動之一多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
廠區環境討論
At the site meeting, the engineer explained how leaking oil could pollute the soil.
工程師在現場會議中說明，漏油可能如何污染土壤。
設備評估
The facilities team is checking whether exhaust from the old generator pollutes the air.
設施管理團隊正在確認舊發電機排出的廢氣是否會污染空氣。
詞族
pollution noun 污染・pollutant noun 污染物・polluted adjective 受污染的
四選一
Oil leaking from the storage tank could ____ the nearby soil.
看答案
pollute
情態助動詞 could 後接原形動詞 pollute，並以 the nearby soil 為受詞。pollution 與 pollutant 都是名詞；polluted 是過去式或過去分詞，不能直接接在此處的 could 後。
同義改寫
The engineer warned that the leaking oil could pollute the soil. → The engineer warned that the leaking oil could contaminate the soil.
在漏油影響土壤的語境中，pollute 與 contaminate 都表示使土壤受到污染；could 的可能性也保留不變。
The report describes how factory emissions pollute the air. → The report describes how factory emissions cause air pollution.
將動詞 pollute the air 改為 cause air pollution，仍表示工廠排放物造成空氣污染。