| 词汇 | example_english_unsustainable |
| 释义 | Examples of unsustainableThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. At the same time, in many accessible areas there are clear indications of agricultural expansion into unsustainable lands. Since individuals can return the land leased with few restrictions, unsustainable practices on leased land are much more likely than on owned land. Most of the schools and health centres built and widely popularised in the 1970s became unsustainable. He calls for the end of self-delusion among politicians that the current pay-as-you-go pension system is unsustainable. The use of national currencies as foreign exchange reserves was clearly unsustainable in this environment. Environmentalists fear that high indebtedness induces developing countries to plunder their natural resources and engage in unsustainable resource harvesting. Unsustainable deforestation, livestock, and farming activities have been identified as primary causal factors for the persistent deterioration of the quality of land in the district. On the basis of this performance, the situation is unsustainable in the worst case scenario. Touring entire foreign theatre companies was soon seen to be unsustainable. The unsustainable production is not recorded in the national accounts. Unfortunately, technology improvements take time and serious structural economic reforms have been immediately necessary to stem unsustainable macroeconomic imbalances in much of the low-income world. Indeed, the uncompromising stance of the radical opposition was increasingly becoming unsustainable, often criticised as reflecting an unwillingness to engage in constructive dialogue. The revolutionary government began with a highly ambitious import substitution development strategy that quickly produced an unsustainable balance of payments deficit. The perverse results of trying to provide universal health care alongside selective, public assistance based systems of long term care are becoming unsustainable. The example of solidarity suggests that theory of convergence is unsustainable for international bioethics. The debt-resource-hypothesis suggests that high indebtedness leads to increased natural resource exploitation as well as more unsustainable patterns of resource use. The economic burden that the arrival of many nonproductive persons might put on a whole family group could in fact become unsustainable. By the end of the decade, the escalating public cost of care was deemed unsustainable. The growing sustainable development literature is seeking to identify and remedy development strategies that lead to the unsustainable use of natural resources and the environment. The federal budget, of course, is already on an unsustainable course. However, previous evaluations have identified concerns about inequitable and unsustainable uptake, adherence and retention within healthy lifestyle schemes. Additionally, the pressure was having a detrimental effect on staff health and retention rates and was therefore unsustainable over the longterm. By comparison, a mortality of around 40 % would be unsustainable, as herd sizes would not be maintained. An unsustainable target deficit is one that precludes the existence of a steady state in the model without the additional government financial constraint. 22. Because such development would, eventually, prove unsustainable we argue that it provides a natural way to look at a regime change. In the east, aridity made corn growing and hog rearing increasingly unsustainable activities but wheat now presented a lifeline. In other words, a country's economic development is weakly unsustainable if its total stock of capital is eroded by negative genuine savings rates. Periodic longings for socially-insured care for the disabled and frail have been politically unsustainable. Others have criticized social welfare expansion as the beginning of a lurch towards unsustainable universal welfare. They will hence drop out, potentially creating an adverse selection spiral under which the contract is unsustainable. To keep running up bigger and bigger debts is an unsustainable activity which sooner or later leads to the exhaustion of credit and of friendship. I conclude that the categorical distinction that they attempt is unsustainable. Libertarians have traditionally eschewed such arguments just because they appear laughably unsustainable. Post-independence policies had become unsustainable, primarily because of a huge increase in the public debt. We discussed in the previous section that fiscal rules could prevent the economy from entering into unsustainable dynamics. The authors suggest a variety of remedies-ranging from crop substitution to population control-for the problem of unsustainable cultivation practices. The external pressures on the ministry have necessitated such chameleon-like transformation as old policies became unsustainable and some of its power was eroded. Thus, the elimination of the lease period would also contribute to reducing the risk of unsustainable exploitation of the land to be privatized. The second hypothesis is that carbon contracts transform unsustainable agricultural systems into sustainable systems. The appearance of this claim is remarkable in that it provides a justification that is simultaneously gratuitous (the essay works fine without it) and unsustainable. Part of the newly cleared land replaces lands that become unproductive due to unsustainable practices. From this point of view, vulnerability is the incremental and indirect outcome of those factors that have either kept strong network links from being forged or made them unsustainable. The former did improve the ef®ciency of the equity market, although it also led to excess capacity in security dealing which was to prove unsustainable. Unsuitable, unsightly, and unsustainable development lands in the lap of holiness. The landscape was essentially unsustainable. The report concludes with ten resolutions that encompass a range of issues that, if they could be implemented, would go a long way to solving unsustainable utilization of forests. Who would argue for unsustainable systems? The increase in livestock population needed to support larger human numbers, is often unsustainable, leading to environmental stress, increased vulnerability to drought, and to food insecurity. The illusion, held by many, that these high yields by highly inefficient crop plants are sustainable, and not almost wholly reliant on an unsustainable infrastructure, is a serious pitfall. The approach is somewhat defective, however, because the first two moments are determined by a set of sample paths, some of which might be deemed as politically unsustainable. However, negative externalities created by high nitrate contamination of groundwater and high rates of pesticide usage could make the system unsustainable by adversely aecting human health and the environment. Under this scenario, unrestricted access to mangrove and fishery resources, coupled with low labor costs, could potentially lead to unsustainable harvests and a classic 'tragedy of the commons'. Their results indicate that the existing subsidies are fiscally unsustainable and also of little help in meeting social policy objectives as they are seriously misdirected and favor the rich disproportionately. Turning to the second normative principle, that of environmental sustainability, ecosystems are often public goods and the cost of unsustainable use is then excluded from market prices. High prices tempted cocoa farmers into unsustainable consumption patterns, according to the paper, and when prices inevitably fell, farmers were thrown into the clutches of moneylenders. In the short term, when a larger yet unsustainable quantity of a particular resource is being supplied, it is possible for its relative price to fall. People living near the conservation area therefore prefer to have guaranteed but unsustainable access to the resource, rather than foregoing resource exploitation for compensation that may never arrive. Proposition 1 suggests that if the economy is unsustainable under laissez-faire, a ceteris paribus reduction in zt due to intergenerational transfers will bring the economy towards the sustainability threshold. The model, however, proved unsustainable. Annual grain production, at its current scale, is fundamentally unsustainable, but humanity must be fed, and grain crops provide roughly 70% of humanity's food energy needs. Once again, the novel's racial theory renders such a separation unsustainable. There is no reliable way at present of identifying timber imported from unsustainable sources. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The one thing that makes individual consumer debt unsustainable is unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many have found these costs unsustainable and have ceased trading. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a huge reversal and it is unsustainable in the long term. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 2001, the operating loss was £385 million and last year it was £293 million, which is clearly unsustainable on any measure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have also been told that our welfare state provision—our social security expenditure provision—is too generous and, as a result, public finances are unsustainable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I long to know what an unsustainable house is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Removing a country's unsustainable debt burden may be necessary to do this, but it is far from being a sufficient remedy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The word "unsustainable" was perhaps a little imprudent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no question of aggregate extraction being unsustainable in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We also expect authorities to exercise restraint in setting budgets and precepts as the current trend in council tax increases is unsustainable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, it is unaffordable; secondly, it is unsustainable; and thirdly, it is unfair. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whatever happens, the status quo is clearly unsustainable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The present situation is unsustainable, and perhaps the money could be found from the modernisation fund. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Misuse of resources and poor management have resulted in depleted supplies, falling water tables, shrinking inland lakes and stream flows reduced to ecologically unsustainable levels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We want a system that offers the best chance of security to pensioners while not placing unsustainable burdens on future taxpayers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The present system of funding education via local authorities is becoming unsustainable in most parts of the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a growing understanding and consensus that existing transport policy is on an unsustainable trajectory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All other types of overseas aid are merely fire brigade actions—they are merely remedial for the problems that have already been encountered by unsustainable development. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The vacuous vacillation that characterises the present arrangements is unsustainable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that our spending is unsustainable and tried to say that the national insurance tax rise should not go ahead. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The transition period may be quite satisfactory, but it is unsustainable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the long run, it is likely to prove unsustainable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Obviously, if the ratio of demand to supply is greater than unity, then current rates of harvest must be unsustainable. Similarly, the development of export markets for mangrove crabs and coastal fish could lead to unsustainable catch levels and a consequent drop in marketable value. At the margin, the subsidy for reduced livestock mobility is available, but it is not used in equilibrium since the disease is unsustainable. Commercial agriculture has been a major factor in deforestation in unsustainable areas. Since cultivation occurs in highly unsustainable terrains, part of the land in the production cycle becomes useless even after the rotation period has ended. Similarly, the potential for unsustainable agricultural practices is increased by the growing rural population. Environmental changes that reduce lifespans below the normal range imply that external conditions have made the systems under consideration unsustainable. Given the ecological conditions, individual investments in groundwater exploitation may prove to be costly and unsustainable. In this case the carbon contract results in lower rate of soil carbon loss, but the system remains unsustainable. The few small ruminant development programmes undertaken so far have been for the most part unsuccessful or unsustainable. Even if off by 50 per cent, those projections foretell an utterly unsustainable situation. Examples of externalities include negative environmental effects such as pollution and the unsustainable depletion of natural resources. However, the consequent overvaluation tends to generate unsustainable current account deficits that only continued inflows of capital can finance. In longer periods of poverty past savings are depleted, household goods deteriorate and cannot be replaced, and debts accrue and become unsustainable. Indeed, public pension systems are unsustainable and generate important public debt, which strongly weights on economic growth. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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