/əˈdʌltəreɪt/
with obj.
- render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance, typically an inferior one在…中掺杂（尤指掺假）：
the food provided by industry is often adulterated.
工业生产的食物常常掺入杂质。
派生词
adulteration
nounadulterator
noun词源
early 16th cent. (as an adjective)： from Latin adulterat- 'corrupted'， from the verb adulterare.