late 14c., "to defile," a back formation from pollution, or else from Latin pollutus, past participle of polluere "to defile, pollute, contaminate." Related: Polluted; polluting. Meaning "make physically foul" is from 1540s; specific sense "contaminate the environment" emerged from late 19c.
例文
1. Mining would pollute the lake and denude the forest.
採鉱は湖水を汚染し、森林を破壊する。
2.Factories are no longer allowed to pollute the air with black smoke.
工場の黒煙による空気汚染はもはや許されない。
3.She thinks these books pollute the minds of children.
彼女はこれらの本が子供の心を蝕むと思っている。
4.These gases pollute the atmosphere of towns and cities.
これらのガスは町の空気を汚染している。/
5.Many things pollute water,such as tires,trash,and plastic bags.