| 单词 | disposal |
| 释义 | disposal (dɪspoʊzəl ) 1. at one's disposal phrase If you have something at your disposal, you are able to use it whenever you want, and for whatever purpose you want. If you say that you are at someone's disposal, you mean that you are willing to help them in any way you can. Do you have this information at your disposal? He has said he will use all the weapons at his disposal. If I can be of service, I am at your disposal. 2. uncountable noun [oft noun NOUN] B2 Disposal is the act of getting rid of something that is no longer wanted or needed. ...methods for the permanent disposal of radioactive waste. [+ of] ...waste disposal sites. Synonyms: throwing away, dumping [informal], scrapping, removal Collocations: disposal facility After more than 40 years of repetitive research, design, consultation and planning we are still no closer to having the necessary disposal facility for intermediate and high-level nuclear waste. Times,Sunday Times The committee might do better to investigate why, over four decades, there has been a repeated refusal of planning consent for a final disposal facility for such waste. Times, Sunday Times With a 70% voter turnout there was about 90% approval for hosting of the disposal facility. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The facility operated as a hazardous waste generator and land disposal facility. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The site later became an illegal industrial waste storage and disposal facility, and operated until 1978. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, this has become an increasingly unacceptable disposal method from both environmental and social perspectives. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By the 1970s, incineration was the disposal method used. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Studies have attempted to quantify the environmental cost of disposal methods. Times, Sunday Times The guide includes recyclers and proper disposal methods for hazardous waste generated by marina operations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The reaction itself and the waste from it contain mercury, so special safety precautions and disposal methods are needed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But for larger quantities, you must take the oil in bottles to your council's waste disposal site. Times, Sunday Times Make sure you burn the rhizomes or take them to a licensed local-authority disposal site — do not compost them or put them in garden waste bins. Times, Sunday Times Why are we obsessed with holes as the favoured disposal site? Times, Sunday Times If you need to dispose of large plastic items, contact your local authority's waste disposal site. Times, Sunday Times The first development of gardens began in the early 1960s at what was then the city's waste disposal site. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A non-recycling waste disposal system would cost us 3 billion. Times, Sunday Times Plastic packaging and disposable nappies clogged the refuse disposal system. Times, Sunday Times Medics said the bends in the waste disposal system also helped by slowing his descent. The Sun There are machines everywhere performing mysterious and technical operations, some of which you can manipulate yourself, like a toxic waste disposal system, or a maintenance platform on a track. Globe and Mail Its waste disposal system funneled the plants processed waste into the county sewer system and ultimately into the ocean. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Found objects are either removed for safe disposal, or detonated. canada.com Rural areas were granted extra time to prepare safe disposal systems for the extra biomedical waste. Times, Sunday Times But the car's manufacturer promises safe disposal and recycling of its old batteries. Times, Sunday Times Safe disposal requires storing the bulbs unbroken until they can be processed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their recent projects include improving the safety of hydrogen as a transportation fuel, and the safe disposal of unused ordnance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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