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环境工程专业英语重点总结 名词解释： ①Environment is the physical and biotic habitat which surrounds us；that which we can see， hear，touch，smell，and taste. 环境是围绕在我们周围物质生命的栖息地，在那里我们可以看到，听到，触到，闻到和品尝到。 ②System, a set or arrangement of things so related or connected as to form a unit or organic whole. 系统” 一组或一系列能形成一个整体或者有机整体的相互关联的事物。 ③Pollution, an undesirable change in the physical，chemical，or biological characteristics of the air，water，or land that can harmfully affect the health，survival，or activities of humans or other living organisms. 污染有害影响健康，生存，活动的人或其它生物体的空气生物体的空气,或土地的物理,化学,或生物特性的不应该有的变化。 ④Source reduction: Any action that reduces the amount of waste exiting a process. 资源减量化: 减少在于一个过程中的大量废物的任何行为。 ⑤Waste minimization: The reduction to the extent feasible, of waste that is generated or subsequently treated, stored, or disposed of. 废物最少化” 产生的废物最大程度减少，然后处理，存储，或者处置。 Unit 1: Environmental Engineering 环境工程 ①In an agrarian society, people lived essentially in harmony with mature, raising food, gathering firewood, and making clothing and tools from the land.在农业社会，人们基本上能与自然和谐地相处,他们在陆地上种植食物,收集木材,做衣服和工具。 ②The wastes from animals and humans were returned to the soil as fertilizer. Few, if any, problems of water, land, or air pollution occurred.动物和人类排放的废物作为肥料又返到土地中。很少有水污染、土地污染、和空气污染问题产生。 Unit 2: Historical Overview of Hazardous Substance Disposal in the USA 回顾美国处置危险物品的历史 1.As a result, industries that generated large quantities of these waste materials now had to ensure that the materials were disposed of in the a manner that was safe for the environment.结果导致产生大量废物的企业现在不得不确保这些物以一种对环境更安全的处置方式处理。 2.Although sufficient legislation is now in place to solve the problem of hazardous waste disposal, it is unlikely that a true solution will be achieved for 20 years or longer.尽管现在有足够的法规来解决有害物质的处理问题，但是在二十年或更长的时间内是不可能真正的解决的。 3.Only through interaction between industry scientists, and government regulators will true solutions be finally realized.只有通过工业界，科学家和政府部门的共同努力，才能最终得到解决。 Unit 5: Type and Sourc