污染环境的英文表达是"pollute the environment"。这个词来源于拉丁文，"pollute" 意为"污染"，"environment" 意为"环境"。

例句：

Industrial waste pollutes the environment. (工业废物污染了环境。)

Burning fossil fuels pollutes the environment. (燃烧化石燃料会污染环境。)

The factory has been polluting the environment for years. (工厂多年来一直在污染环境。)