dilute

英 [daɪˈluːt]

美 [daɪˈluːt]

v.  稀释; 冲淡; 削弱; 降低; 使降低效果
adj.  稀释了的; 冲淡了的

过去分词：diluted　过去式：diluted　现在分词：diluting　第三人称单数：dilutes　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.7662 / COCA.9506

同义词辨析

diluteadulterate【导航词义：掺杂】

牛津词典

verb

• 稀释；冲淡
  to make a liquid weaker by adding water or another liquid to it
  1. The paint can be diluted with water to make a lighter shade.
     这颜料可用水稀释以使色度淡一些。
• 削弱；降低；使降低效果
  to make sth weaker or less effective
  1. Large classes dilute the quality of education that children receive.
     大班上课会降低孩子所受教育的质量。

adj.

• 稀释了的；冲淡了的
  made weaker by adding water or another substance
  1. a dilute acid/solution
     稀释酸液 / 溶液

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）稀释;（使）冲淡
  If a liquidis dilutedordilutes, it is added to or mixes with water or another liquid, and becomes weaker.
  1. If you give your baby juice, dilute it well with cooled, boiled water...
     如果给婴儿喝果汁，要用凉开水充分稀释。
  2. The liquid is then diluted...
     然后液体被稀释。
  3. The poisons seeping from Hanford's contaminated land quickly dilute in the water.
     从汉福德受污染的土地里渗出的有毒物质很快就在水中稀释了。
• ADJ-GRADED 稀释过的;冲淡的
  Adiluteliquid is very thin and weak, usually because it has had water added to it.
  1. ...a dilute solution of bleach.
     经稀释的漂白剂
• VERB 削弱;降低;减轻
  If someone or somethingdilutesa belief, quality, or value, they make it weaker and less effective.
  1. There was a clear intention to dilute black voting power...
     明显有意图要削弱黑人的选举力量。
  2. Serious attention is being given to diluting the value of personal tax allowances.
     人们正密切关注降低个人收入免税额度一事。

英英释义

verb

• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
  1. cut bourbon
  Synonym:thinthin outreducecut
• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  1. adulterate liquor
  Synonym:loadadulteratestretchdebase

adj

• reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity
  1. diluted alcohol
  2. a dilute solution
  3. dilute acetic acid
  Synonym:diluted

双语例句

• In this paper, the progress of hemicellulose hydrolysis reaction with dilute acid is reviewed.
  本文综述了半纤维素稀酸水解反应的研究进展。
• Dilute the paint with water until it is the consistency of milk
  用水把涂料稀释到牛奶般的稠度。
• If you give your baby juice, dilute it well with cooled, boiled water
  如果给婴儿喝果汁，要用凉开水充分稀释。
• There was a clear intention to dilute black voting power
  明显有意图要削弱黑人的选举力量。
• For the dilute molecules, there is a change.
  对于稀溶液中的分子，有变化。
• The direction of movement for any one molecule is independent of the concentration in dilute solutions.
  而任何一个分子的运动方向都与稀释溶液的浓度无关。
• Regulators are under pressure to dilute and postpone.
  监管机构受到了要求稀释和延迟实施新规的压力。
• There the people-made pollutants increasingly surpass the ability of air and water to dilute the contaminants to safe levels.
  在那里，人为的污染物质日益超越了空气和水将污染物分解稀释到安全水平的能力。
• Our positions have been reversed. Zinc displaces the hydrogen of dilute acids.
  我们的位置被调换了。锌置换了稀酸中的氢。
• This material is dissolved in dilute sodium hydroxide to form the viscose solution.
  将纤维素黄酸酯溶解在稀释的氢氧化钠溶液中，粘胶溶液便制成了。