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emission

/ih-mish-uhn/US // ɪˈmɪʃ ən //UK // (ɪˈmɪʃən) //

排放,排放量,排放物,排放问题

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of emitting: the emission of poisonous fumes.
    • : something that is emitted; discharge; emanation.
    • : an act or instance of issuing, as paper money.
    • : Electronics. a measure of the number of electrons emitted by the heated filament or cathode of a vacuum tube.
    • : an ejection or discharge of semen or other fluid from the body.
    • : the fluid ejected or discharged.

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Examples

  • Three studies published this week examine some of the issues of negative emissions in detail.

  • Those data show that jumps in CO2 emissions happened at about the same time as strong earthquakes, and emissions dropped off when quakes were smaller and farther between.

  • Major oil and gas companies, particularly in Europe, have pledged to cut their emissions dramatically—leaving the future of their assets, some of them still un-drilled, in question.

  • Studies have shown the product to reduce methane emissions by about 20 percent in meat cattle, according to the New York Times.

  • The fee price would then drop as carbon emissions drop, he said.

  • The United States and China announced new greenhouse emission targets late Tuesday night.

  • The joint-announcement should also put to bed long-term disagreements between Beijing and Washington over emission targets.

  • However, researchers measured a decrease in X-ray emission last year: something new was blocking the light from reaching us.

  • “Climate change” itself is now a dirty emission rarely uttered from the mouths of Republican leaders.

  • Not words, of course, but an ongoing emission of verbal fragments.

  • On the other hand, if too thin the emission is comparatively easy, but lacks intensity and is termed "hollow."

  • The violin was of good reputation for its tone of fine quality, quantity and ease of emission.

  • The emission of odors and acute sensibility to them is the only presumable agency at work in those instances.

  • Thereupon his anxiety became extreme, and simultaneously he experienced his first seminal emission.

  • On one occasion, however, he had a seminal emission during the night in association with a feeling of anxiety.