- (高温)消毒,灭菌:
He boiled his syringe and fired his knife to sterilize them.
他把注射器放到水中煮,把刀子放在火上烧来进行消毒。
to sterilize surgical intruments
给手术器具进行消毒
- 使不孕,给…绝育:
She's been sterilized after she had five children.
他们有了第五个孩子之后,她做了绝育手术。
- 使(土地)不毛,使贫瘠化
- [口语]删除;剔除:
to sterilize a government document before releasing it to the press
在付印前删除了一篇政府文件
- [口语]彻底防护,防止:
You can't sterilize children against violences.
你不可能完全防止孩子受到虐待。
- 使无用,使不起作用:
It will be sterilized when it is beyond the limit to its storage life.
超出保存期则失效。
- 【经济学】冻结(黄金等),封存(不动产等)
- [美国英语]对(政府文件)进行安全审查;使无危害
- 【军事】
- (在秘密行动中)拆除(物资中能说明有关国别或组织)的标志(或装置)
- (水雷战中)使(水雷)失效