| 单词 | polluter pays | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaspolluter pays  b.   polluter pays: the principle by which whoever is responsible for an occurrence of environmental pollution is expected to bear the cost of mitigating the effects; also in  polluter pays principle. ΚΠ 1972    Times 29 Mar. 7/3  				The document adopts the much debated principle of ‘the polluter pays’. 1975    Chem. Week 		(Nexis)	 22 Oct. 67  				The bureau's record is impressive: detailed, compulsory quality standards for drinking water; adoption of the ‘polluter pays’ principle for dealing with environmental cleanup; [etc.]. 1998    Chartered Surveyor Monthly May 40/1  				The landfill tax also complements the government's environmental principles of sustainability and ‘polluter pays’. < as lemmas | 
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