单词	polluter
释义	polluterpol‧lut‧er /pəˈluːtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All others should be brought up to modern standards using the principle that the polluter pays. He typically determines the nature and level of the demands to be made of a polluter. In the South-West, 90 polluters were fined a total of £23,000, mostly for illegally high discharges of agricultural slurry. Increasingly, the courts search for past polluters and pass the bill to them. The defence and energy departments, impervious to markets, are among the country's biggest polluters. The Environmental Protection Agency could not collect an average of $ 8 million a day in fines and Superfund settlements against polluters. The secretive negotiations between administrators and polluters meant there was no public accountability. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► big/major/main etc polluter  a list of Canada’s worst polluters COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► big · The defence and energy departments, impervious to markets, are among the country's biggest polluters. ► major · The water authorities thus not only set and enforce pollution standards, they are major polluters themselves. VERB► pay · If the source can not be discovered, how can the polluter be forced to pay?· Ideally, polluters would pay the true costs of the degradation they cause.· This stipulates that a polluter should pay for the repair of environmental damage.· Both approaches can be justified on the principle that the polluter should pay. a person or organization that causes pollution:  The polluter should pay for the cost of the clean-up.big/major/main etc polluter a list of Canada’s worst polluters
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