pullute同contaminate有甚麼分別?

以上關於Pollute 和 contaminate的答案都是對的，看看pollution 和 contamination的分別會清楚一點.

Pollution 泛指對環境而造成的污染，例如 noise pollution, solid waste pollution, 都是指自然環境中的污染。

Contamination是指某一種物質被另一種物質污染，例如 The river is contaminated by industrial sewage, it is a kind a water pollution. 入面的contaminate 是用於 [河水] 被 [工廠污水] 污染，整體來說是一種 [環境的]水質污染。

因此，pollute 是指整體對自然環境造成污染，contaminate 是指具體什麼物質被其他物質造成污染。

*** It is "pollute" not "pullute".

Pollute---> often linked to pollution
eg.water pollution , air pollution,noise pollution etc.
----> eg.pollute the ocean

contaminate---> can also use in water contamination
----> we say "food contamination" not "food pollution"
----> "contaminate by bacteria" not "polluted by bacteria"


***my explanation is not very clear(sorry) but
I hope you can see a little difference in the uses of the two.

pullute是::

1. 污染,弄髒
Garbage pollutes our rivers and lakes.
垃圾污染我們的河川湖泊。
2. 玷污,敗壞
Our store never sells books which pollute the mind.
我們書店從不出售污染心靈的書籍。

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contaminate:::

1. 弄髒;污染;毒害
The water was contaminated.
這水被污染了。
Flies contaminate food.
蒼蠅會弄髒食物。
2. 使受毒氣影響;使受放射性污染
3. 使不純,使變得低劣

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