polluting

/pəˈluːt/ (bre, ipa) · [pəlˈutɪŋ] /pəˈluːt/ (ame, ipa)

polluting — verb

  • pollutingpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • pollutings3rd person singular
  • pollutinging-ing form
  • pollutingedpast simple

1. adding waste or harmful material to air, water, land, or another place so that i

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

adding waste or harmful material to air, water, land, or another place so that it becomes unsafe for people, animals, or plants

例句

The old buses were polluting the air outside Mia's school every morning.

progressive: be polluting + place

Oil from the broken pipe kept polluting the beach after the storm.

同義詞
  • contaminating

    is more formal and is common in scientific or technical writing

  • dirtying

    is broader and can describe making things simply unclean, not seriously harmful

  • poisoning

    is stronger and suggests making something toxic or deadly

反義詞
  • cleaning

    focuses on removing dirt or waste from the place

  • purifying

    is more formal and stresses making air or water safe again

文法句型

be polluting something

keep polluting something

be polluting something with something

something is polluting something

用法筆記

Often appears in progressive forms when the damage is continuing or happening repeatedly. The direct object is usually air, water, soil, a river, a beach, or another place, while the word after 'with' names the harmful substance.

常見錯誤

❌The factory is polluting into the river.
✅The factory is polluting the river.
💡polluting takes the damaged place as a direct object.
❌The river is polluting after the spill.
✅The river is polluted after the spill.
💡polluting describes the thing causing the damage; polluted describes the place already harmed.