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单词 clearance
释义
clearance
(klɪərəns )
Word forms: clearances
1. variable noun
Clearance is the removal of old buildings, trees, or other things that are not wanted from an area.
...a slum clearance operation in Nairobi.
The U.N. pledged to help supervise the clearance of mines. [+ of]
...widespread clearance of jungle land.
2. variable noun
If you get clearance to do or have something, you get official approval or permission to do or have it.
Thai Airways said the plane had been given clearance to land. [+ to]
He has a security clearance that allows him access to classified information.
Synonyms: permission, consent, endorsement, green light  
3. variable noun
The clearance of a bridge is the distance between the lowest point of the bridge and the road or the water under the bridge.
The lowest fixed bridge has 12.8m clearance.
Synonyms: space, gap, margin, allowance  
Collocations:
custom clearance
Almost all tariffs will go, customs clearances will be streamlined and there will be common certification for goods.
Times, Sunday Times
Suddenly it did not matter that our roads were potholed, ports obsolete and customs clearance excruciatingly slow.
Outlook India
It covers drawing up contracts, cooperation with carrier companies, providing shipping documents and customs clearance.
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Provide support services to a manufacturer regarding local advertising, local sales presentations, customs clearance formalities, legal requirements.
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Including ferry trips and customs clearance delays, the journey took 49 days and crossed 18 countries.
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final clearance
Immediately after the accident, my friends sold my trailer and found homes for the horses, but there was no final clearance.
Times, Sunday Times
Consort has just gained regulatory clearance to fill the product on site; the final clearance should come some time next year, when the product should hit the makret.
Times, Sunday Times
He tested aircraft for final clearance and ferried them on long flights across the world, and also pioneered air-to-air refuelling.
Times, Sunday Times
The periods of isokinetics through final clearance are sometimes referred to as phases four and five.
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The final alignment had not been fixed for the first 22 km through elephant sanctuary forest in 2013 and the final clearance of environment ministry had not been received.
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forest clearance
Current farming methods are rain-fed and poorly managed, leading to large-scale forest clearance, land degradation and loss of wildlife.
Times, Sunday Times
Population initially reduced by hunting, latterly by forest clearance and drainage of wetland, along with egg-collection and human disturbance.
Times, Sunday Times
As our landscape was opened up, the water vole was for much of our history a success story, benefitting from forest clearance and the expansion of agriculture.
Times, Sunday Times
Biofuels are displacing food crops, which raises prices and in turn encourages forest clearance to grow more crops.
Times, Sunday Times
There are signs of forest clearance by burning from this site.
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give clearance
They did, however, give clearance to people who must have had good reason to believe that they should be wanted.
Times, Sunday Times
When he could not fix the brakes, the pupils, aged 12 to 17, were finally evacuated at 5.12am - although safety chiefs had not given clearance.
The Sun
Criminals wrongly given clearance would hardlycomplain.
Times, Sunday Times
Half an hour later, after inspection by the airport's engineers, the plane was given clearance for another take-off attempt.
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Incoming aircraft not given clearance to land, however, will go into a holding pattern and wait until given clearance.
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grant clearance
If not so entitled, failure to grant clearance would breach their article 8 human rights.
Times, Sunday Times
Many other investigative products have been used to grant clearances in the past.
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Those who made aliyah during this period were mainly elderly people granted clearance to leave for family reunification purposes.
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ground clearance
Clutch and brake levers are light, gearchange is slick and ground clearance is generous.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I can't see why you would need the ground clearance or the extra headroom.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The low ride position may at first make you worry about ground clearance.
The Sun (2016)
It is reassuringly composed at high speed, the belly pan eventually limiting the ground clearance.
The Sun (2009)
land clearance
Rainforests vital to the planet's eco system are disappearing at a rate of an acre a minute for land clearance.
The Sun
The monks gave much attention to land clearance and development, especially mining and smelting, and also the construction of fishponds.
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Many are also affected by salinity caused by land clearance, agriculture and irrigation practices, resulting in raised levels of groundwater and highly saline watertables.
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Key threats include continuing land clearance in its vicinity, altered hydrology and extended drought.
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The impact of land clearance for subsistence agriculture has resulted in soil salinity.
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medical clearance
His licence carried a note requiring this additional medical clearance to fly.
Times, Sunday Times
Instead, he was awaiting medical clearance after a nightmarish six months entailing two lengthy absences with head injuries.
Times, Sunday Times
The remaining ward was used for examinations, briefings and medical clearance.
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The emergency department conducts medical clearance rather than treats acute behavioral disorders.
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Do not return to a game or contact until all symptoms are gone and you receive medical clearance.
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mine clearance
I want to find out more about mine clearance, and the effect of landmines on the civilian side',' he said.
Times, Sunday Times
The military process of mine clearance only clears mines that block strategic pathways required in the advance or retreat of soldiers at war.
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These duties included mine clearance of positions to be used by allied warships for bombardments prior to military advances.
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In the past, these machines were applied in both mine clearance and demining but are now generally used only for demining.
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When the war ended some were used for mine clearance, or to recover the bodies of soldiers and fill in miles of trenches.
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necessary clearances
On the assumption (perhaps misguided) that the applications were processed in date order, there are going to be a lot of people without the necessary clearances.
Times, Sunday Times
The pair now caution that the necessary clearances are not expected until the second half of next year - rather than the middle of 2010, as previously indicated.
Times, Sunday Times
Landsman generally acts in the best interests of his subordinates especially those who give him the necessary clearances (closed cases).
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need clearance
A private plane would need clearance from the authorities before entering the country's airspace.
Times, Sunday Times
Any change of ownership would need clearance from antitrust authorities and state and local regulators.
Times, Sunday Times
The two businesses will need clearance from antitrust regulators before the final agreement can be signed.
Times, Sunday Times
Even the stuff you don't eat needs clearance.
Times, Sunday Times
However, some tracks still needed clearance to race.
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Translations:
Chinese: 拆除
Japanese: 除去
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