| 词汇 | example_english_environmental-disaster |
| 释义 | environmental disastercollocation in Englishmeanings of environmentaland disasterThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with disaster. environmental adjective uk /ɪnˌvaɪ.rəˈmen.təl/ us /ɪnˌvaɪ.rəˈmen.t̬əl/ relating to ... See more at environmental disaster noun[C or U] uk /dɪˈzɑː.stər/ us /dɪˈzæs.tɚ/ (an event that results in) great harm, damage, or death, or ... See more at disaster Examples of environmental disasterThese 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. Thus, the advent of the large estate was economically undesirable and its impact on tropical forests has been an environmentaldisaster. Environmentaldisaster makes no distinction, for example, between the sink estate and the affluent suburb. Rising to the 100,000 mark by 1950, the city witnessed another decade of rapid growth to reach 180,000 people before running headlong into environmentaldisaster. So^er's major contention is that the region is rapidly heading in the direction of environmentaldisaster because it is running out of water. His vision of the spatial configurations that underpin a socialist utopia adopts the basic impetus of suburban development and turns it into an ideal rather than an environmentaldisaster. This wall is a human and environmentaldisaster, and is also an affront to the values that we hold dear. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This has been an environmentaldisaster as well as a deplorable waste of resources. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Why would we create such an environmentaldisaster? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would take only one of those ships to have an accident for there to be an environmentaldisaster. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea of unfettered road-only access by heavy vehicles to a fixed link appals me because it would be an environmentaldisaster. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Liberalisation is also the cause of the great environmentaldisaster that lies ahead unless we hasten to take decisive, enforceable measures to combat global warming. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English To persist with those instruments is nothing less than really 'going for broke' and carrying on along the path to economic, social and environmentaldisaster. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We should not have to wait for a major environmentaldisaster for this to happen. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English On the contrary, it could become the cause of an environmentaldisaster, rather than ensuring environmental protection. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I now know what a major environmentaldisaster entails. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The storms were more than just an environmentaldisaster for all of us and an economic problem for the profiteers of the timber sector. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Intensive cotton farming with excessive use of fertilisers has undoubtedly contributed to this environmentaldisaster. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It occurs to me that we have an environmentaldisaster on a vast scale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is creating widespread housing and planning blight and is regarded by me and the whole community as an environmentaldisaster. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They spoke about poverty and starvation and the primary threat of environmentaldisaster. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of environmental Go to the definition of disaster See other collocations with disaster |
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