catchment 英 ['kætʃmənt]   美 [ˈkætʃmənt, ˈkɛtʃ-]

catchment

catchment  英 ['kætʃmənt] 美 [ˈkætʃmənt, ˈkɛtʃ-]

n. 流域;集水 

名词复数:catchments 

Hydropower officials blame climate change; activists blame damage to the rivers' catchment areas. 水电官员责备气候变化,激进主义者责备集水区河流的损坏。
But the world is also scattered with tales of roof catchment failures — and academics who say its potential for ending water insecurity is oversold. 但是全世界也存在着屋顶集水失败的故事——而且也有学术人士说它结束水不安全的潜力被夸大了。

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  • n. 流域;集水
  • 1. Hydropower officials blame climate change; activists blame damage to the rivers' catchment areas.

    水电官员责备气候变化,激进主义者责备集水区河流的损坏。

  • 2. But the world is also scattered with tales of roof catchment failures — and academics who say its potential for ending water insecurity is oversold.

    但是全世界也存在着屋顶集水失败的故事——而且也有学术人士说它结束水不安全的潜力被夸大了。

  • 3. Heads suggested that many parents objected to paying for private education, despite spending money to buy good houses in the catchment areas of top state comprehensives.

    领导们指出,许多家长反对付钱接受私立学校的教育,尽管它们会花钱在海拔高的州的综合性学校附近的集水区买好的房子。

  • catchment (n.) "drainage," 1844, from catch (v.) + -ment. A technical word in hydraulic engineering.
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