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waste UNWANTED MATTERweIstnunwanted matter or material of any type, often that which is left after useful substances or parts have been removed废物，废料，废品，垃圾Modern packaging is often excessive, and produces a lot of waste. [U]现代包装往往过分，生产出许多垃圾。Britain produces 20 million tonnes of household waste each year. [U]英国每年产生2千万吨家庭垃圾。He opposes any kind of nuclear waste being dumped at sea. [U]他反对将任何核废料倾倒到海里。The commission lays down strict guidelines for the disposal of hazardous waste. [U]该委员会对危险废料的处理作了严格的规定。It is much cheaper to recycle aluminium from waste than to extract it from bauxite. [U]从废品中回收铝比从铝土岩中提炼铝要便宜得多。Substantial energy savings are made by recycling waste materials.通过废弃材料再利用，节约了大量的能量。Every day, 30 million gallons of untreated human waste (= excrement) flow from Ciudad Juarez into the Rio Grande. [U]每天有3千万加仑未经处理的人排泄物从胡亚雷斯城排入格兰德河。Now they are set to tackle one of their most ambitious clean-up jobs yet--radioactive waste. [U]现在他们着手处理目前他们最为雄心勃勃的清理工作之一----放射性废料。Without a licensed waste disposal site, toxic wastes now must be shipped out of state or stored. [C]由于没有一个经过批准的废料处理场所，有毒废料现在都要运出州外，或储存起来。Oil spills are common, as is the dumping of toxic industrial wastes. [C]石油溢漏颇为常见，就如倾倒有毒工业废料一样。The Japanese recycle more than half of their waste paper.日本人回收了他们一半多的废纸。The waste pipes from the bath and washbasin go through this wall.从浴池和洗脸盆连出来的废水管道穿过这堵墙。A waste product is a substance of no value or use which is made during a process in which something useful is produced.无用的副产品Faeces and urine are two of the body's waste products.大便和小便是人体的两种排泄物。The disease affects the body's ability to break down some of the body's toxic waste products.这种疾病影响了人体分解体内有毒物质的能力。Up to 0.2 kg of toxic cadmium, a waste product from the electronics industry, enters the sea from the Thames every day.每天有多达0.2千克的有毒镉----一种电子工业的副产品从泰晤士河注入大海。
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