pollution
英 [pə'luːʃ(ə)n]
美 [pə'luʃən]
語源
pollution 汚染polluteから、染み込ませる、汚す。
英語の語源
- pollution (n.)
- mid-14c., "discharge of semen other than during sex," later, "desecration, defilement" (late 14c.), from Late Latin pollutionem (nominative pollutio) "defilement," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin polluere "to soil, defile, contaminate," from por- "before" + -luere "smear," from PIE root *leu- "dirt; make dirty" (cognates: Latin lutum "mud, mire, clay," lues "filth;" Greek lyma "filth, dirt, disgrace," lymax "rubbish, refuse;" Old Irish loth "mud, dirt;" Lithuanian lutynas "pool, puddle"). Sense of "contamination of the environment" first recorded c. 1860, but not common until c. 1955.
例文
- 1. Randolph 's work was exclusively concerned with the effects of pollution on health.
- ルドルフの著書は汚染が健康に与える影響を専門に論述している。
- 2.Environmentalists say a critical factor in the city 's pollution is its population.
- 環境保護主義者は、この都市の汚染問題を引き起こす重要な要素の1つが人口であると述べた。
- 3.The snowcoach concept in Yellowstone provides low-impact,low- pollation access.
- イエローストーン公園で雪の車を使うという考え方は、環境に低影響で低汚染の観光方法を提供している。
- 4.The pollation could decimate the river 's thriving population of kingfishers.
- 汚染は川辺で大量に繁殖したカワセミの大量死を引き起こす可能性がある。
- 5.The pollation has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.
- 汚染はすでに広い地域を不毛の地にしている。
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