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词汇 runoff
释义 runoff
noun
(alsorun-off)uk /ˈrʌn.ɒf/ us /ˈrʌn.ɑːf/

runoffnoun (VOTE)


[ C ]
an extra vote to decide who wins an election or competition because there is no clear winner after the first vote, often one in which candidates or competitors with the fewest votes are no longer included:
In a run-off for the presidency of the assembly, Santos beat Gutiérrez.在议会议长选举的决胜投票中,桑托斯击败古铁雷斯当选。
There is no runoff, so the candidate with the most votes wins.
The endorsements of the eliminated Democratic candidates may not have any effect on a runoff in which many voters are unlikely to return to the polls.
All the candidates like to avoid the word runoff.
The winner of the presidential election had to get more than half the votes cast to avoid a run-off.
The bill would do away with the second primary, or runoff election.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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absentee
absentee ballot
absentee vote
absentee voter
absentee voting
enfranchisement
entrance poll
exit poll
first-past-the-post
flip
proportional representation
proxy
proxy vote
proxy voter
proxy voting
voting
voting booth
voting machine
voting slip
whistle-stop

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Parts & stages of competitions

runoffnoun (LIQUID)


[ C or U ]
water from rain or melting snow, or liquid from an industrial or farming process, that flows into a place such as a river:
Reduced runoff means less water for irrigation.
The plants are fed and watered via an irrigation system, using run-off from the roof.
Sometimes entire villages are affected by diseases traceable to industrial runoffs in the water supply.
The water is orange because of run-offs from ironstone rock inside the hill.
There will be more large storms with heavy runoff that can cause flooding problems.
Some local residents fear the runoff from the lab contains unacceptable levels of dangerous contaminants.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Movement of liquids
backsplash
be dripping with somethingidiom
brim
brim over
brim with something
drip
funnel
leakage
pour
pour-over
reinject
reinjection
respray
ripple
spate
stem
swash
swill
swirl
swirling

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Environmental issues

runoff | American Dictionary


runoff
noun
us/ˈrʌnˌɔf/

runoffnoun (ELECTION)


[ C ]
a second or final election held when no one got enough votes to win an earlier election

runoffnoun (LIQUID)


[ U ] earth science
water that flows away from high areas to low areas:
Houses and subdivisions can disturb spring water runoff from the mountains.
[ U ] earth science
Runoff is also chemicals and animal excrement that flow into rivers and lakes and pollute the environment:
Stormwater runoff is a major source of water pollution.

Examples of runoff


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However, by reducing the potential for surface runoff loss, the release of nitrogen available for plant use is also delayed.
No permanent streams traverse the area, although numerous barrancas carry runoff from seasonal showers.
The advantages of these systems include relatively high runoff efficiencies and a relatively low risk of soil erosion.
Reducing deep drainage through controlled runoff management in high recharge tablelands landscape.
All these terraces are bordered to prevent erosion by runoff and to improve water use efficiency.
Assessing phosphorous bioavailability in agricultural soils and runoff.
Windstorms that cause tree uprooting on particularly unsteady soils as well as periodic strong runoffs contribute to create or maintain a local hummock-hollow topography.
These are three-sided storages; the fourth side on the higher gradient is left open for runoff water to enter.
More porous, less compacted soil structures on the rotation and no-till farms may also play a role in reducing runoff volume.
The conservation of trees prevents a reapportionment from groundwater recharge to runoff that would otherwise occur.
A practical method for estimating the impact of land-use change on surface runoff, groundwater recharge and wetland hydrology.
The ice barrier, which was left in place until the completion of excavation, prevented any runoff from introducing sediments from the excavation into the river.
Our results, indicating higher runoff in exclusively row-cropped, conventionally tilled agricultural fields, are consistent with those of other investigators.
Based on field observations, infiltration pits must be sufficiently low to collect all runoff, especially for those rainfall events with high amount and/or intensity.
There is also some evidence that the alteration to runoff and infiltration by termites affects large scale water movements and associations with groundwater.
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