香港新闻工作者从业英语词典（156）

　　住宅污水domestic effluents

　　我们成立了跨部门绿化总纲委员会。

　　We have set up an inter-departmental Greening Master Plan Committee.

　　扶助环保工业的发展assist the development of the environmental industry

　　投资十亿元研发太阳能科技invested $1 billion in solar-energy technology

　　改善空气污染情况alleviate air pollution

　　每天公布珠三角空气污染指数issue daily air quality data for the Pearl River Delta

　　每名香港人平均每年用1，800个胶袋。

　　The average Hong Kong resident used 1，800 plastic bags a year.

　　沙漠化desertification

　　汽车排出浓烟量测试emission tests

　　防止滥用reduce excessive use

　　亚洲动物基金Animals Asia Foundation

　　京都条约Kyoto accord

　　拉尼娜现象La-Nina phenomenon

　　放置回收空玻璃瓶的容器bottle bank

　　空气污染物air pollutants

　　空气污染指数Air Pollution Index

　　长春社Conservancy Association

　　阻隔打桩机的噪音muffle piling noise

　　保育政策nature conservation policy

　　保护（自然资源）

　　conserve （vt）/conservation （n）； wildlife conservation

　　保护地球preserve our planet

　　保护区、禁猎区sanctuary

　　室内空气污染indoor air pollution

　　建筑废料construction debris/construction waste

　　政府未有兑现承诺，协助香港需要援手的人士。

　　The government has failed to live up to its promise to help the vulnerable of Hong Kong.

　　政府表示，新铁路有助改善空气质素，每年可以减少空气中的微粒六百吨和二氧化碳十六万吨。

　　Officials say it will help reduce air pollution by 600 tonnes of respirable particles and 160，000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.

　　政府拨款十四亿元，补助的士司机，转用污染较少的石油气。

　　A total of 1.4 billion has been earmarked for grants to owners to help them switch to the use of a cleaner fuel - liquefied petroleum gas.

　　某事并不因污染而起something was not pollution-related

　　为支持工业而不实行环保政策backed the trade rather than clean-up measures

　　为机场填海工程带来的环境破坏而作出的补救措施a remedy for the pollution caused by the airport reclamation

　　砍伐森林deforestation （u）

　　红潮red tide

　　重视商业利益多于环境保护puts trade interests above green issues

　　限制公司造成温室效应气体的排放量limits its greenhouse-gas emissions

　　香港人平均每天用五个胶袋。

　　Hong Kong people use five plastic bags a day.

　　香港海洋环境保护协会Hong Kong Marine Conservation Society

　　候鸟migratory birds

　　夏季时水质会变坏。

　　Water quality can deteriorate in the summer.

　　挽救牠preserve their species

　　浪费胶袋wasting plastic bags

　　海洋公园鲸豚保护基金Ocean Park Conservation Foundation

　　珠江三角洲的污染问题the delta's pollution problems

　　破坏新界风景blighting the New Territories landscape

　　破坏该区的自然景色spoil the area's natural beauty

　　破坏环境、污染环境poisoning the environment

　　能自动分解的biodegradable （a）

　　臭氧洞ozone layer hole

　　高度濒危highly endangered

　　圈养繁殖/人工繁殖captive breeding

　　执拾纸皮箱或啤酒罐scavenging cardboard boxes or beer cans

　　推动环保工业promotion of the environmental industry

　　推广废物回收promote waste recycling

　　采摘植物plucked a plant

　　排放较少一氧化碳reduce emissions of carbon monoxide

　　清除某物的不断积压clear the mounting backlog of something

　　清理溪流cleaning creeks

　　淘汰柴油的士phase out diesel-powered taxis

　　处理二百八十万公吨污水treating 2.8 million tonnes of sewage

　　造成最多环境破坏的我们we who are causing the most environmental damage

　　几乎绝种have been driven nearly to extinction

　　循环再用recycle （vt）/recycling （u）； recycled paper/the recycling of glass/a recycling plant

　　循环再用的物料recycled materials

　　提高（市民）环保意识boost environmental awareness

　　挥发性有机化合物volatile organic compounds

　　植树日Tree Planting Day

　　植树活动tree planting activities

　　氮氧化物nitrogen oxides

　　减少二氧化硫和粒状物的排放量reduce sulphur dioxide （SO2） emissions and particulates

　　减少使用胶袋use fewer plastic bags

　　减少氧化氮的排放量reduce nitrogen oxide （NOx） emissions

　　减少发电厂的排放物reduce emissions from its power plants

　　减少废物/减少浪费to minimise waste

　　发泡胶饭盒foam food boxes/styrofoam container

　　策略性污水处理计划Strategic Sewage Disposal Scheme

　　绝种extinct （a）/extinction （u）； Dinosaurs is extinct./in danger of extinction

　　善用能源energy conservation

　　象牙tusk； A tusk is one of a pair of very long pointed teeth， that stick out of the mouth of animals such as elephants. Ivory is the hard smooth yellowish-white substance from the tusks （=long teeth） of an elephant.

　　进行检验查明黑脸琵鹭的死因tests were still being carried out to establish the cause of the spoonbills' deaths

　　黑脸琵鹭black-faced spoonbills

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