| 单词 | environmental |
| 释义 | environmental (ɪnvaɪərənmentəl ) 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1+ Environmental means concerned with the protection of the natural world of land, sea, air, plants, and animals. ...economic and environmental legislation. ...the environmental claims being made for some products. Environmental groups plan to stage public protests during the conference. Synonyms: ecological, green, eco-friendly environmentally adverb [ADVERB adjective] B2 He veered away from the most environmentally sound option. ...the high price of environmentally friendly goods. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1+ Environmental means relating to or caused by the surroundings in which someone lives or something exists. It protects against environmental hazards such as wind and sun. The form the human family takes is a response to environmental pressures. Collocations: environmental group A local environmental group has dismissed the project as a 'green stunt'. Times, Sunday Times The environmental group calledon the brands to recognise the environmental cost of 'irresponsible palm oil production'. The Sun She joined a local environmental group and raised the issue at her first meeting. Times, Sunday Times The station recently worked with an environmental group to plant a nearly mile-long oyster reef offshore from its pier. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The environmental group claims that a spill would be devastating because of the difficulties in dispersing a slick in extreme and icy conditions. Times, Sunday Times Yep, they are upset about the environmental implications of the move. Times, Sunday Times The health implications of bad diets, the environmental implications of us throwing away 40% of the food we buy, they're immeasurable. Times, Sunday Times What's not to like about a falling oil price (if, as usual, we ignore the environmental implications)? Times, Sunday Times Yet its environmental implications are as devastating. Times, Sunday Times Staff are aware of the environmental implications of the work they do (78%) and there are shower facilities if they want to cycle, run or walk to work (78%). Times, Sunday Times In response to such habitual apocalypticism, she argues that rising wealth brings environmental improvement and population stability. The Times Literary Supplement Groundwork, an environmental improvement charity, helps to administer the scheme. Times, Sunday Times As transport and logistics professionals, we are aware of the particularly heavy responsibility that our industry bears regarding environmental improvement. Times, Sunday Times Mitigation measures usually come in the form of fees which are used to fund much-needed environmental improvement and restoration projects. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The response during the 1960s had been a programme of systematic derelict land reclamation and environmental improvement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Either way, to ignore the environmental issue would be unwise. Times, Sunday Times It could have been an environmental issue if it had gone down. The Sun Forests are the totemic environmental issue. Times, Sunday Times It was also an environmental issue. Times, Sunday Times There's an environmental issue here as well. Times, Sunday Times Its markets are resilient, reliant on tighter environmental legislation and safety needs rather than any discretional spending. Times, Sunday Times The rise of renewables, environmental legislation and carbon taxes have pushed the fuel out of the mix. Times,Sunday Times On the other hand, breaches of environmental legislation were also examined. Times, Sunday Times However, this should be somewhat offset by environmental legislation, which will create strong demand for catalytic converters. Times, Sunday Times He was responsible, back then, for the only real environmental legislation we've ever had, pledging cuts to emissions and restrictions on the burning of coal. Times, Sunday Times The first commercial applications, assuming it gets that far, could be in making silent fixed-wing drones, including for environmental monitoring and communication platforms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It may also lead to other innovations such as pilotless searchand-rescue operations and unmanned environmental monitoring flights. Times, Sunday Times Today ecologists have orders of magnitude more data compared to just a decade ago, thanks to sustained public funding for basic science and environmental monitoring. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Researchers also believe that the material could be used to create remote environmental monitoring devices that self-destruct after collecting data. Times, Sunday Times The leap forward could affect everything from agriculture to financial markets, mineral exploration to environmental monitoring, navigation, warfare - and, of course, privacy. Times, Sunday Times At one time a united environmental movement was of one mind on important issues. Times, Sunday Times (2009) This bleak view has a pervasive influence on the environmental movement to this day. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Originally theorized as a radical environmental movement, bioregionalism connects humanity to the specificities of a place. 2012, 'Humanity's Bioregional Places: Linking Space, Aesthetics, and the Ethics of Reinhabitation', Humanities But he will argue that economic and environmental objectives are converging. Times, Sunday Times It has developed its own 20-step list of environmental objectives. Times, Sunday Times In the early 2000s the regulators were given a sweeping new agenda, the government adding broad social and environmental objectives to their original, purely economic role. Times, Sunday Times But other companies have big capital needs, many of them to meet environmental objectives. Times, Sunday Times Environmental objectives do conflict but the plan shows little recognition of this. Times, Sunday Times The developmental niche framework makes evident the kind of systematic regularity that culture provides environmental organization that emphasizes repeatedly or with singular salience the cultures core messages. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Environmental organizations started agitations focusing on this aspect of the factory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Local and state environmental organizations protest what has been referred to as a potential environmental disaster. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This caused an outcry from various environmental organizations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the same time environmental organizations and the political opposition were demanding solutions that contrasted with the government's. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The real environmental problem here wasn't the rubbish piling up in the landfill quarry but the cars. Times, Sunday Times An environmental problem that once was solved by the small-scale wisdom of the human heart now stands unsolved, and will soon be insoluble. Times, Sunday Times Normal incandescent bulbs have become an environmental problem because they use only about 10 per cent of their required electricity to generate light. Times, Sunday Times Too many companies are burying their heads in the sand, hoping the environmental problem will go away. Times, Sunday Times To tell the truth, we are becoming increasingly concerned at a far more pressing environmental problem facing the globe today. Times, Sunday Times If the estate wins, it could receive up to 100,000 to spend on an environmental project of the residents' choice. Times, Sunday Times During the programme, the nucleargraduates spend 10 per cent of their time on corporate social responsibility, which could involve helping to teach physics in schools or championing an environmental project. Times, Sunday Times Mark has also worked on a maritime environmental project featuring audio from around the cork harbour area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The heavy financial cost makes the sustainability of the environmental project questionable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ambition had supported over 400 young people to get involved with environmental project and better understand the environment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And yet a sense of environmental responsibility comes naturally to them. Times, Sunday Times This included details of how they demonstrate corporate, social and environmental responsibility. Times, Sunday Times However, the onus of environmental responsibility still rests upon airlines, according to concerned consumers. Times, Sunday Times High scores for other intangibles such as customer satisfaction and environmental responsibility also seem to be linked to strong share price performance. Times, Sunday Times If such initiatives promote social and environmental responsibility as well as health and wellbeing, why not expand them? Times, Sunday Times Of those, 26 had been exempted from having to conduct an environmental review. Times, Sunday Times It was unclear whether the ruling would shut the pipeline but an environmental review could take a year or two. Times,Sunday Times Final alignment and station designs are to be determined through the project level design and environmental review. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An environmental review was ordered to last up to nine months and service was expected to begin in 2015. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Environmental review and preliminary engineering were expected to be completed by the end of 2008. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 2,000 gallons of fuel on board were not thought to be an environmental risk. The Sun (2012) It underlines the possible interest of microbial endpoints for environmental risk assessment of biopesticide. 2019, 'Impact of Leptospermone, a Natural β-Triketone Herbicide, on the Fungal Composition and Diversity of Two Arable Soils', Frontiers in Microbiology There were no concerns for environmental risk of peroxyacids, acetic acid and octanoic acid. 2014, 'Scientific Opinion on the evaluation of the safety and efficacy of peroxyacetic acid solutions for reduction of pathogens on poultry carcasses and meat', EFSA Journal Leaving a blossoming career as an environmental scientist to pursue one in intellectual property law. Times, Sunday Times Before that he was an environmental scientist! Times, Sunday Times Commoner began his career as a cellular biologist and environmental scientist, and went on to become an author, politician and social activist, known internationally as a founder of modern ecology. Times, Sunday Times He continued working full-time as an environmental scientist and so wrote the series in his spare time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With the country's service sector beginning to grow, there are opportunities for web designers, environmental scientists, publishers, marketers, retailers and advertising executives. Times, Sunday Times To do this, we need all new developments to be of the highest environmental standard, not only eco-towns. Times, Sunday Times A higher environmental standard oil and gas production law was narrowly defeated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Products must also meet environmental standards for packaging and manufacturing, and use approved 'green chemistry' processes when modifying ingredients. Times, Sunday Times Much of this was caused by protests against the perceived failure of the organisation to take labour and environmental standards seriously enough. Times, Sunday Times One source said that it merely was a reiteration of the present deal with a few new safeguards on workers' rights and environmental standards. Times, Sunday Times They have won national recognition with an environmental stewardship award and their progress is being watched by activists on other rivers with habitat problems. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Still working as lawyer, he helped to set up the environmental stewardship land management scheme. Times, Sunday Times (2010) One of the frustrations for me was the lack of a global body with the sole responsibility for environmental stewardship. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Measures under the environmental stewardship scheme made no difference. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Existing businesses can transform themselves to catch the wave of environmental sustainability as well, he says. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Moreover, for logistics companies there are considerable long-term questions over the economic and environmental sustainability of home delivery. Times, Sunday Times (2017) The London organisers have put a premium on economic and environmental sustainability from the earliest stages of the planning process. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Only one in five put environmental sustainability. Times, Sunday Times (2007) There is also a specialist recruiter interested in placing people in environmental sustainability roles. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Teams were halfhearted about the system last year but have promised to embrace the environmental technology in 2011. Times, Sunday Times The new home for the faculty of engineering and computing has made use of the latest environmental technology to ensure energy savings. Times, Sunday Times There will be a centre at the plant where visitors interested in environmental technology can observe the system in action. Times, Sunday Times The car itself will not be used as a showcase for environmental technology. Times, Sunday Times Of the estimated $2 billion that the sale could fetch, about half of that will go towards debt reduction and the rest towards a fund to help develop environmental technology. canada.com I also did some research on the ingredients, to see if regulatory bodies consider there to be an environmental threat from any of them. Times, Sunday Times Combating the very real environmental threat requires dramatic change worldwide. Times,Sunday Times Now it's the biggest environmental threat the world has seen - and some of the greatest minds are trying to work out ways to fight it. Times, Sunday Times The environmental threat from the oil spill potentially makes this latest disaster even more financially toxic. Times, Sunday Times The forest of junipers as a whole has been under long-term environmental threat. 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