柯林斯詞典adulterate /??d?lt?re?t/ (adulterating,adulterated,adulterates) 1. V-T If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it. (給食物、飲料等) 摻假[usu passive] The food had been adulterated to increase its weight. 這種食物被摻了假以增加其重量。 返回 adulterate劍橋詞典to make food or drink weaker or to lower its quality , by adding something else （在飲食中）摻襍，摻假 There were complaints that the beer had been adulterated with water . 有多人投訴說這啤酒裡麪兌了水。 返回 adulterate