Category: EnvironmentPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

汙染

/wūrǎn/Roman

English meaning: Pollution

Chinese (Trad.) Definition

(繁體中文)

汙染是有害物質進入自然環境的現象,臺灣在快速工業化過程中面臨空氣和水質污染問題,環保運動和法規改革推動了環境品質的持續改善。

English Definition

The introduction of harmful substances into the environment. Taiwan has faced significant environmental pollution challenges from its rapid industrialization, including air pollution from industrial zones and power plants, water pollution, and soil contamination. Taiwan has strengthened environmental regulations, but air quality remains affected by both domestic emissions and transboundary pollution from mainland China. Taiwan's environmental movement is an active civil society force.

Example

臺灣公民社會積極推動環境保護,環保法規不斷完善,環境品質逐步提升。

In English: Taiwan's civil society actively promotes environmental protection; environmental regulations continue to improve and environmental quality gradually rises.

Synonyms

  • 環境污染

Antonyms / Opposites

  • 清潔
  • 淨化

Literary Heritage

採菊東籬下,悠然見南山。

/Cǎi jú dōng lí xià, yōu rán jiàn nán shān./

Plucking chrysanthemums beneath the eastern hedge, I gaze at ease upon the southern mountain.

陶淵明 (Tao Yuanming) · 詩人、隱士 · 4th–5th century CE

飲酒 (Drinking Wine)

飲酒, Poem No. 5, circa 410 CE

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