• 溪流所受药剂污染已相当严重

    13-04-02 Pharmaceuticals commonly found in the environment are disrupting streams, with unknown impacts on aquatic(水生的) life and water quality. So reports a new Ecological Applications paper, which highlights the ecological cost of pharmaceutical waste...

  • 澳飞行员将驾驶废品提炼燃油飞机首飞

    13-03-01 澳大利亚一位业余飞行员将于今年7月驾驶一架完全由塑料废品提炼的燃油为动力的飞机从悉尼飞往伦敦,全程共飞6天,每天计划飞行1500英里(约合2414公里)。 A pilot will attempt the 10,500-mile trip from Sydney to London using a fuel that has never before been...

  • 英国居民今后需早起倒垃圾

    13-02-03 Residents could be forced to rise from bed and put out their bins at 5am under proposals to keep streets tidier. 根据维护街道整洁的最新提案,英国居民可能被迫要早上五点起床去倒垃圾。 They would only be able to leave waste on the public highway for co...

  • “大材小用”的翻译

    13-02-01 大材小用:a great talent gone to waste 有时也作大才小用,这里译为a great talent gone to waste,除此之外,我们还常译为big talent wasted on a petty job; not do justice to one's talents。同类表达还有屈才(do work unworthy of one's talents)。大材等同于...

  • 蚯蚓能摄入土壤中的重金属

    12-08-17 Earthworms(蚯蚓) could be used to extract toxic heavy metals, including cadmium and lead, from solid waste from domestic refuse collection and waste from vegetable and flower markets, according to researchers writing in the International Journal o...

  • 科学家发现脑部清洁系统

    12-08-16 A previously unrecognized system that drains waste from the brain at a rapid clip has been discovered by neuroscientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The findings were published online August 15 in Science Translational Medicine. T...

  • Precycling 预循环

    12-07-03 Precycling is the practice of reducing waste by attempting to avoid bringing into the home, business items which will generate waste. Precycling(预循环或提前循环)指通过避免购入会产生垃圾的家庭或商业物品来减少垃圾数量的行为。 The original three-pro...

  • 何处放置核废料?

    12-06-20 Researchers in Finland have found that acceptance of the site of a spent nuclear fuel repository(储藏室) can depend on gender and economic background. Writing in the International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, the team report...

  • Soap grafting 肥皂嫁接

    12-04-05 Soap grafting is the act of attaching an almost completely used piece of soap to a new, unused piece because it is now too small to be conveniently used but you also don't want to waste it. 如果你觉得快用完的小片肥皂滑滑得不好拿,但是丢掉又太可惜,...

  • brain waste 人才浪费

    12-03-12 The term brain waste describes the situation of immigrants who were skilled professionals in their home countries but have been forced to take unskilled jobs in their new country. Brain waste(人才浪费)指在本国身为受过训练的专业人员在移民国被迫从事...