1. Garbage pollutes our rivers and lakes.
    垃圾污染我们的河川湖泊。

2. Our store never sells books which pollute the mind.
    我们书店从不出售污染心灵的书籍。

1. 污染,玷染：politics 政治 | pollute 污染,玷染 | pollution 污染

2. 弄脏,污染：钮扣 button | 弄脏,污染 pollute | 努力,尽力 effort

3. 污染;弄脏：brochure 小册子 | pollute 污染,弄脏 | terrific (口语)很棒的,极好的

1. 污染；弄脏
    To pollute water, air, or land means to make it dirty and dangerous to live in or to use, especially with poisonous chemicals or sewage.

    e.g. Heavy industry pollutes our rivers with noxious chemicals...
           重工业产生的有毒化学品会污染我们的河流。
    e.g. A number of beaches in the region have been polluted by sewage pumped into the Irish Sea.
           这一地区的一些海滩已被排放到爱尔兰海的污水污染了。

1. make impure

    e.g. The industrial wastes polluted the lake

    Synonym: foulcontaminate