toxic

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指物质或环境具有毒性,能导致中毒或危害健康,也比喻人际关系或氛围有害、令人不快。

用法要点

句型搭配

常用作形容词,修饰名词,如 toxic substance(有毒物质);也可用于比喻义,如 toxic relationship(有害关系)。

• toxic chemicals
• toxic environment
• toxic behavior

介词用法

常与介词 to 连用,表示对某物或某人有害,如 toxic to plants(对植物有毒)。

• toxic to humans
• toxic to the environment
• toxic to wildlife

语域说明

在正式和非正式语境中都常见,医学和环保领域多指物理毒性,社交语境则比喻心理或情感伤害。

• toxic waste
• toxic culture
• toxic positivity

基础例句

Don't eat those berries; they might be toxic.

别吃那些浆果,它们可能有毒。

The factory was fined for dumping toxic waste into the river.

这家工厂因向河里倾倒有毒废物而被罚款。

She left her job because of the toxic work environment.

由于工作环境有害,她辞职了。

高级例句

The study found that prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals can lead to chronic health issues.

研究发现,长期接触有毒化学物质可能导致慢性健康问题。

In business, a toxic corporate culture often results in high employee turnover and reduced productivity.

在商业中,有害的企业文化通常导致高员工流失率和生产力下降。

Environmental regulations require companies to monitor and report toxic emissions to prevent pollution.

环境法规要求公司监测并报告有毒排放物,以防止污染。

高频搭配

verb

become toxicrelease toxiccontain toxicproduce toxic

adjective

highly toxicextremely toxicpotentially toxicless toxic

noun

toxic substancetoxic gastoxic wastetoxic effecttoxic level

adverb

toxicly

preposition

toxic totoxic for

phrase

toxic shock syndrometoxic masculinitytoxic relationshiptoxic environment

常见错误

❌ 错误:This food is toxic for health.
✓ 正确:This food is toxic to health.

错误使用介词 for,正确应为 to,表示对某物有害。

❌ 错误:He has a toxic personality that makes everyone unhappy.
✓ 正确:He has a toxic personality that makes everyone feel unhappy.

原句语法正确但表达不自然,添加 feel 使句子更流畅,符合英语习惯。

近义词辨析

poisonous

poisonous 更强调物质本身能直接导致中毒或死亡,常用于生物或化学语境;toxic 范围更广,可指物理毒性或比喻性危害。

Some mushrooms are poisonous if ingested. (指直接致命) vs. The air in the city is toxic due to pollution. (指有害但不一定立即致命)

harmful

harmful 泛指造成伤害或不利影响,程度较轻,可用于各种语境;toxic 特指毒性或极度有害,常带强烈负面含义。

Smoking is harmful to your health. (一般性危害) vs. The relationship became toxic and needed to end. (比喻极度有害)