pollution

英 [p?'lu??(?)n] 美[p?'lu??n]

近義詞smoke

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pollution 污染，弄臟

來自pollute,浸染，弄臟。

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.

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健康的影響。

2. Environmentalists say a critical factor in the city's pollution is its population.: 環境保護主義者說造成該城市污染問題的一個關鍵因素是其人口數量。

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環境低影響、低污染的游覽方式。

4. The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers.: 污染可能會造成河邊大量繁殖的翠鳥大批死亡。

5. The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.: 污染已經使大片地區淪為不毛之地。