| 词汇 | unsustainable |
| 释义 | unsustainable adjective uk /ˌʌn.səˈsteɪ.nə.bəl/ us /ˌʌn.səˈsteɪ.nə.bəl/ C2 Something that is unsustainable cannot continue at the same rate: 无法以同一标准持续的 This level of spending is unsustainable.这种开销持续不了多久。 C2 causing damage to the environment by using more of something than can be replaced naturally: 枯竭式开采资源的;不符合可持续发展的;不可持续的 unsustainable fishing methods竭泽而渔式的捕鱼方法 Unachievable be (a) no goidiom be on a hiding to nothingidiom be on the road to nowhereidiom be out of your leagueidiom cat ghost goodbye impossibility impossible impracticable impracticably in/out of the runningidiom league running silk unachievable unattainable unfeasible unfeasibly unrealizable You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Environmental issues unsustainable | Business Englishunsustainable adjective uk /ˌʌnsəˈsteɪnəbəl/us that cannot continue at the same rate: They are suffering a serious increase in inflation and an unsustainable boom in house prices. unsustainable level/pace/ratePublic borrowing had reached an unsustainable level of 8% of GDP. unsustainable debt/deficitThe economy is running an unsustainable deficit, making tax increases inevitable. NATURAL RESOURCES causing damage to the environment by using more of something than can be replaced naturally: Unsustainable logging of commercial forests is threatening the industry's survival beyond 10-15 years. In March, 50,000 people took to the streets of Mallorca to protest the island's unsustainable development. Examples of unsustainableunsustainable 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. See all examples of unsustainable 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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