Factories should not pollute the river.
工厂不应该污染这条河流。
Select the best synonym for the word “pollute”:
B — contaminate. “pollute” means v. to make something dirty or harmful to the environment
Careless factories should never ______ the clean, fresh water of the river.
D — pollute. “pollute” means v. to make something dirty or harmful to the environment
pollute — v. to make something dirty or harmful to the environment. In Chinese: 污染.
pollute is pronounced /pəˈluːt/. It breaks into 2 syllables: pol · lute.
Factories should not pollute the river. (工厂不应该污染这条河流。)
contaminate, taint, foul — all close in meaning to pollute (v. to make something dirty or harmful to the environment).
Yes. pollute appears on the iSEE Vocab Basic list, which covers nearly 2,500 words for the ISEE and SSAT.