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单词 pollution
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pollutionpollution /pəˈluʃən/ noun pollution
substances that make air, water, or soil dirty and dangerous to people and other living things. Pollution is usually caused by chemicals from vehicles, factories, and things people do:
  • Cars burn gas, which causes air pollution.
  • The pollution in the river comes from chemicals that farmers put on their fields.
  • smog
    dirty air in cities, caused especially by smoke from cars and trucks:
  • The roads are full of traffic and the city is covered in smog.
  • greenhouse gases
    gases that surround the Earth and stop heat from escaping. These gases are not natural, and come from factories, cars, etc. The gases make the air around the Earth gradually become warmer, and this is known as the "greenhouse effect":
  • The U.S. produces 25% of the world's greenhouse gases.
  • acid rain
    rain that has harmful acid in it which damages the environment, caused especially by smoke from cars and factories:
  • The trees were dying because of acid rain.
  • contamination
    the fact of being dirty and unsafe to use, because harmful chemicals or other substances are there:
  • The contamination was caused by waste from factories getting into the river.
  • ➔ see The Environment
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