adulteration

/əˌdʌltəˈreɪʃn/ (bre, ipa) · /əˌdʌltəˈreɪʃn/ (ame, ipa) · /ə-ˌdəl-tə-ˈrā-shən/ (ame, mw)

adulteration — 名詞

1. the dishonest practice of putting extra material into food, medicine, fuel, or o

1.名詞C2
釋義

摻假

摻入次料使品質變差

the dishonest practice of putting extra material into food, medicine, fuel, or other goods so they become less pure

例句

Tests found adulteration of the milk with cheap powdered fat.

檢驗發現，這批牛奶因加入便宜的粉狀脂肪而出現摻假。

adulteration of + product + with added material

Officials traced the spice adulteration to a warehouse outside Pune.

官員把香料摻假追查到 Pune 郊外的一間倉庫。

同義詞
  • tampering

    broader and can describe many dishonest changes, not only mixed-in substances

  • contamination

    often stresses harmful pollution rather than deliberate cheating

  • dilution

    narrower and usually focuses on weakening a liquid

反義詞
  • purification

    means removing unwanted material to make something cleaner

  • refining

    focuses on improving quality rather than spoiling it

文法句型

adulteration of milk

adulteration of cough syrup

adulteration with cheap oil

用法筆記

Most often appears in food safety, legal, or inspection writing. It commonly follows of to name the affected product and may also be followed by with to name what was mixed in.

常見錯誤

❌The factory adulteration the milk with water.
✅The factory adulterated the milk with water.
💡adulteration is the noun for the act; adulterate is the verb.

2. a food, drug, or other product that has been made impure because another substan

2.名詞C2
釋義

摻假品

摻了次料的產品

a food, drug, or other product that has been made impure because another substance has been mixed into it

例句

The chemist identified the bright red sample as an adulteration of saffron.

化驗師判定這份鮮紅樣本是摻假品，不是純番紅花。

an adulteration of + genuine product

Court records described the blue powder as an adulteration passed off as cough medicine.

法院紀錄把那份藍色粉末描述成冒充咳嗽藥的摻假品。

文法句型

an adulteration of saffron

label a sample an adulteration

sell an adulteration as medicine

用法筆記

This countable sense is rare and mostly appears in technical or legal descriptions of one specific tainted item. In everyday English, people usually say an adulterated product or a contaminated sample instead.