(noun.) the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another).
(noun.) being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating.
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双语例句
Flour, terra alba, alum, and chalk are the chief ingredients used in the adulteration of cream of tartar. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
Both operations are unjuSt. But a simple augmentation is an injustice of open violence; whereas an adulteration is an injustice of treacherous fraud. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The adulteration of the standard, on the contrary, has generally been a concealed operation. 亚当·斯密.国富论.