effluent
effluent 英 [ˈefluənt] 美 [ˈɛfluənt]
n. 污水；流出物；废气 adj. 流出的，发出的
名词复数:effluents
- If a local company is accused of dumping effluent into the water supply, then you'd better stock up on bottled water. Effluent is sewage or other waste that’s dumped into water.
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- n. 污水；流出物；废气
- adj. 流出的，发出的
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1. Residents are sure that the problems result from a nearby fertilizer factory dumping effluent that taints their drinking water.
居民确信这些问题的源头是附近一家肥料厂倾倒污水污染了他们的饮用水。
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2. Reducing the impacts of effluent discharge, improving water quality and responsible use of water are key areas to be considered in aquaculture development.
减少污水排放的影响，改善水质和负责任的使用水资源是水产养殖发展需要考虑的关键问题。
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3. The results of his investigations led Sumpter to suspect that man-made industrial chemicals in sewage effluent were acting as female oestrogens.
根据此项研究结果，桑普特教授猜测，排放污水当中的人造工业化学物，就起到雌性激素的作用。
- effluent (adj.) mid-15c., from Latin effluentem (nominative effluens) "flowing out," present participle of effluere "to flow out," from assimilated form of ex "out" (see ex-) + fluere "to flow" (see fluent). As a noun, "that which flows out," from 1859; specific meaning "liquid industrial waste" is from 1930.
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