| 词汇 | water-neutral |
| 释义 | water neutral adjective environment specialized(alsowater-neutral)uk /ˌwɔː.tə ˈnjuː.trəl/ us /ˌwɑː.t̬ɚ ˈnuː.trəl/ (of a building development, business, etc.) not using more water than was used in an area before it was built or established, or not removing more water than it replaces : Going water neutral means that the water footprint of all activities are reduced as far as is practicably possible. The 160,000 new homes that are planned for south-east England need to be "water neutral" to be sustainable. Planning authorities must ensure that all new development which takes place is water neutral so as not to worsen any impacts which might be occurring. Many residents welcome tougher measures to make new or expanded developments "water neutral" as they themselves are called on to conserve water. The strength of the water-neutral concept lies in the fact that it may trigger communities and businesses to act where otherwise they might not have done so. The company set a goal to become water-neutral and formed a partnership with the World Wildlife Fund to protect major watersheds around the world. Environmental issues agroecology air pollution anoxia anoxic anti-conservation carbon capture dumping ground eco-audit eco-footprint efficiency energy conservation energy security environmental justice environmentalism reduce, reuse, recycleidiom rewilding runoff scrapyard scrubber sequester |
| 随便看 |
|
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。