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单词 by-product
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Definition of by-product in English:

by-product

noun ˈbʌɪprɒdʌkt
  • 1An incidental or secondary product made in the manufacture or synthesis of something else.

    zinc is a by-product of the glazing process
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The process of drilling for oil produces toxic by-products - drilling mud and poisonous waste water, which get dumped into the ocean.
    • Vegans won't eat any animal products or by-products at all, which is weird.
    • Sugar cane fiber, a by-product of sugar manufacturing, can be made into paper.
    • Lactic acid is a by-product that's produced in the muscle fibres when they can't keep up with the energy demands.
    • One of the most significant is carbon dioxide, a by-product of burning fossil fuels such as oil, petrol and coal.
    • Picric acid is a by-product from the manufacturing of explosives.
    • Further down the valley on the old soda ash beds, wild orchids bloom on the alkaline soil, a by-product of soda manufacture.
    • Ancient Greeks and Romans observed it in its potassium salt form as a by-product in the production of wine.
    • But trees naturally absorb CO2 and produce in its place useful by-products: oxygen and wood.
    • We are not aware of any silver mutual fund since most silver is produced as a by-product of other metals such as copper.
    • Only methanol is required as fuel, and the by-products are heat, water, and carbon dioxide.
    • Tons of straw are produced each year as a by-product of grain production.
    • Cooking gas, gasoline and diesel are by-products of crude oil.
    • Yaks provide wool and milk by-products such as butter, which are sold or bartered for grain.
    • The manufacture of chemical weapons produces chemical by-products and chemical contamination.
    • Many materials are already in use or in development, including wood waste, sewage cake, agricultural by-products and waste from the food processing industry.
    • Although these trace minerals are present in grains and by-products, iron, zinc, copper, selenium, and iodine need to be supplemented.
    • Microsilica or silica fume is a by-product in the manufacture of silicon and ferrosilicon alloys.
    • In Ireland it is produced as a by-product of the drugs industry.
    • In the case of yeast's metabolic activity in six-carbon sugar solutions such as grape juice, the three main by-products are water, ethanol, and carbon dioxide.
    Synonyms
    spin-off, offshoot, subsidiary product
    1. 1.1 An unintended but inevitable secondary result.
      he saw poverty as the by-product of colonial prosperity
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Perhaps it was an inevitable by-product of the Bosman ruling, which allowed holders of EU passports to be treated the same as nationals.
      • Once hunger and disease, the by-products of poverty, are cleared from the face of the earth the world shall be a safe place to live in.
      • It certainly did not emerge as an inevitable by-product of individualism or the market.
      • Social capital is an unintended by-product of the constitution of human capital.
      • Errors are an inevitable by-product of complex systems of human activity.
      • An economy based on waste is inherently and hopelessly violent, and war is its inevitable by-product.
      • I tend to see the results as the by-product of an ethos where we encourage students to aim high
      • A happy by-product of the fantasy is the prospect that the community will disintegrate into a free-trade area.
      • This is not the result of political differences or a by-product of the troubles.
      • Poverty is a by-product of domination of the needs of profit over the needs of people.
      • What's happening now is simply a by-product of the strategy's effectiveness.
      • Likely this will also entail some depreciation of the yen as a by-product of this policy.
      • Many of the fears and misconceptions shaping our options and influencing our choices are by-products of this fallacy.
      • Rumours are an inevitable by-product of the success he has had at Preston.
      • ‘That is the by-product of greater economic confidence which results from the cuts,’ he said.
      • But off-setting these places, are negatives which are really by-products of poverty.
      • That dehumanisation is a by-product of the modern world - an effect to the modern world's cause - is a given.
      • Does the meat industry perpetuate world hunger and deforestation, and if so are these inevitable industry by-products?
      • One could argue that the democratic element of the resulting government was a by-product.
      • The snobbery and hatred of meritocracy that have been revealed this week are simply inevitable further by-products of monarchy.
      Synonyms
      side effect, consequence, entailment, corollary, concomitant
      ramification, aftermath, after-effect, repercussion, backlash, ripple, shock wave, spin-off, fallout, heritage, fruits
      British knock-on effect
      technical externality
 
 
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