pollution
英 [p?'lu??(?)n]
美[p?'lu??n]
- n. 污染
- 污染物
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中文詞源
pollution 污染，弄臟
來(lái)自pollute,浸染，弄臟。
英文詞源
- pollution (n.)
- mid-14c., "discharge of semen other than during sex," later, "desecration, defilement" (late 14c.), from Late Latin pollutionem (nominative pollutio) "defilement," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin polluere "to soil, defile, contaminate," from por- "before" + -luere "smear," from PIE root *leu- "dirt; make dirty" (cognates: Latin lutum "mud, mire, clay," lues "filth;" Greek lyma "filth, dirt, disgrace," lymax "rubbish, refuse;" Old Irish loth "mud, dirt;" Lithuanian lutynas "pool, puddle"). Sense of "contamination of the environment" first recorded c. 1860, but not common until c. 1955.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Randolph's work was exclusively concerned with the effects of pollution on health.
- 倫道夫的著作專門論述污染對(duì)健康的影響。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Environmentalists say a critical factor in the city's pollution is its population.
- 環(huán)境保護(hù)主義者說(shuō)造成該城市污染問(wèn)題的一個(gè)關(guān)鍵因素是其人口數(shù)量。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The snowcoach concept in Yellowstone provides low-impact, low-pollution access.
- 在黃石公園里使用雪車這一想法，為人們提供了一種對(duì)環(huán)境低影響、低污染的游覽方式。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers.
- 污染可能會(huì)造成河邊大量繁殖的翠鳥(niǎo)大批死亡。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.
- 污染已經(jīng)使大片地區(qū)淪為不毛之地。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句