单词	desalinate
释义	desalinationde‧sal‧i‧na‧tion /diːˌsæləˈneɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] technical Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At the moment he is doing mathematical modelling with the aim of building an experimental model of a solar-powered desalination plant. Environmentalists claim the highly saline water discharged from desalination plants could harm marine life. In 18 months the 50 man team built an airstrip, camp and water desalination unit. Initial attempts to disperse the slick are centred on defending the desalination plants. Ionics sells desalination and water-treatment systems. It reopened several days later, however, and no further desalination plants came under direct threat during February. Nor is large-scale desalination of ocean water economical. One of Al-Futtaim's major contracts was the multi-million pound smelter and desalination plant for the Dubai Aluminium Company completed in 1983. word sets WORD SETS► Civil aqueduct, nounbore, verbbore, nounborehole, nouncanalize, verbcivil engineering, nounculvert, noundam, noundam, verbdesalination, noundredge, verbdyke, nounpile, nounpile driver, nounpneumatic drill, nounpontoon, nounpontoon bridge, nounS-bend, nounsewer, nounsewerage, nounsteam shovel, nounstructural engineer, nounsump, nounsurveyor, nounwater main, nounwater tower, nounwaterworks, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► plant · At the moment he is doing mathematical modelling with the aim of building an experimental model of a solar-powered desalination plant.· It reopened several days later, however, and no further desalination plants came under direct threat during February.· Initial attempts to disperse the slick are centred on defending the desalination plants.· Environmentalists claim the highly saline water discharged from desalination plants could harm marine life.· One of Al-Futtaim's major contracts was the multi-million pound smelter and desalination plant for the Dubai Aluminium Company completed in 1983.· The islands are also installing a desalination plant to produce 50,000 gallons of water a year.· Other Gulf states have fitted booms across the inlets of desalination plants, and suction equipment will clean up slicks.· Solar desalination plants, though requiring a great emphasis on cash rather than labour, seem the best long-term bet here. the process of removing salt from sea water so that people can use it—desalinate /diːˈsæləneɪt/ verb [transitive]
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