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Terms for subject Environment (7397 entries)
垃圾运输 ship garbage (Domestic and operational wastes, disposed of continuously or periodically, that are generated during the normal operation of a ship; usually excluding fresh fish waste from fishing operations)
垄断 monopoly (The market condition where a particular commodity or service has only one seller, either because the seller has exclusive possession of an essential input or because large economies of scale inhibit the entrance of a competitor into the market)
footpath (A narrow path for walkers only)
构造学 tectonics (A branch of geology dealing with the broad architecture of the outer part of the Earth, that is, the regional assembling of structural or deformation features, a study of their mutual relations, origin and historical evolution)
构效关系 structure-activity relationship (The association between a chemical structure and carcinogenicity)
构建呼吸量 constructional respiration amount
构建过程 constructive process
的净化 water treatment
薄冰 glazed frost
薄雾 mist (Fine water droplets suspended in the air, which reduce visibility. Usually mists form at night, when the temperature falls because the sky is clear. If visibility falls below 1,000 metres, the mist becomes a fog)
预防空气污染协会国际联合会 International Union of Air Pollution Associations
预防原则 cause for concern principle (Principle connected with the precautionary principle: it means that, if there are strong reasons for expecting serious or irreversible damage to the environment following a given project, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation. Critics of this approach are concerned about large commitments of resources to deal with vaguely defined problems)
预防原则 precautionary principle (Principle adopted by the UN Conference on Environment and Development (1992) that in order to protect the environment, a precautionary approach should be widely applied, meaning that where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage to the environment, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation)
预防措施 prevention measure (Measures taken in advance to prevent the occurrence of disasters or similar emergencies)
预防保健措施 preventive health measure
预防信息 preventive information (Data communicated or received concerning the recommended means of averting risk of an accident, disaster or other undesirable and avoidable incident)
预防森林火灾 prevention of forest fires (Precautionary actions, measures or installations implemented to avert the possibility of an unexpected conflagration of any large wooded area having a thick growth of trees and plants)
预制建筑 prefabricated building (Building whose sections are manufactured in specialized factories and later transported and assembled on a building site)
预测环境浓度 predicted environment concentration
预警计划 warning plan (A scheme or method of acting developed in advance to notify as quickly as possible the affected population of any sudden, urgent and usually unexpected occurrence requiring immediate action)