| 单词 | natural resources |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnatural resources natural resources n. those materials or substances of a place which can be used to sustain life or for economic exploitation; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > [noun] > usable materials occurring naturally natural resources1776 natural capital1803 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > resources > natural natural resources1776 natural capital1803 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. iii. 562 France, notwithstanding all its natural resources, languishes under an oppressive load of the same kind [sc. national debt] . View more context for this quotation 1845 Port Phillip Gaz. (Melbourne) 23 July 2 No sooner is he [sc. the squatter] circumscribed in his natural resources than he will improve his back run at least by artificial reservoirs of water, if not by fencing. 1986 Wire Aug. 19/2 Nat King Cole was his best-known student there; four years later he became bandmaster at the new DuSable High School, where he became one of the city's great natural resources. 1990 D. Icke It doesn't have to be like This iii. 40 The Green Party would increase the cost of natural resources to make it cheaper to re-cycle resources. < as lemmas |
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