释义
[ ri-noo , -nyoo ] SHOW IPA
/ rɪˈnu, -ˈnyu / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
noun something that is renewable.
Origin of renewable First recorded in 1720–30; renew + -able
OTHER WORDS FROM renewable re·new·a·bil·i·ty, noun non·re·new·a·ble, adjective un·re·new·a·ble, adjective Words nearby renewable renegado, renege, renegotiable-rate mortgage, renegotiate, renew, renewable , renewable energy, renewable resource, renewables, renewal, Renfrew
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Example sentences from the Web for renewable But renewable electricity is playing an increasingly important role in car production.
Charging Up | The Daily Beast| October 28, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Sarkozy can be held 24 hours, renewable once for a second 24-hour stretch.
France’s Ex-Prez Sarkozy Placed Under Formal Investigation for Corruption | Tracy McNicoll| July 2, 2014| DAILY BEAST
After 28 days in sanctuary, Neyoy was notified that ICE had granted him a work permit and a renewable one-year stay of removal.
This Church Is Reviving the Sanctuary Movement to Shelter Undocumented Immigrants From Deportation | Caitlin Dickson| June 11, 2014| DAILY BEAST
This renewable (I mean renewed every single damn day) bio-energy (otherwise known as fetid rot) helps keep the coop warm.
What Did TJ Mean By “Pursuit of Happiness,” Anyway? | P. J. O’Rourke| June 8, 2014| DAILY BEAST
And it creates a training program for “Energy efficiency and renewable energy workers.”
The Federal Government Has Violated My Right to Chainsaw | P. J. O’Rourke| April 27, 2014| DAILY BEAST
By ordinary lease running for any convenient term and renewable at the will of the lessee.
Japan and the California Problem | Toyokichi Iyenaga
From these renewable leases the society had an income of about 2,500l. yearly.
The Land-War In Ireland (1870) | James Godkin
Let the future appointments of judges be for four or six years, and renewable by the President and Senate.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson
This was a lease for twenty-five years, renewable for a further term of similar duration.
The Pacific Triangle | Sydney Greenbie
The term of a licence does not exceed seven years, but is renewable .
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 | Various
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Words related to renewable inexhaustible, sustainable, viable, continuous, continual, bountiful, endless, infinite, limitless
Scientific definitions for renewable Relating to a natural resource, such as solar energy, water, or wood, that is never used up or that can be replaced by new growth. Resources that are dependent on regrowth can sometimes be depleted beyond the point of renewability, as when the deforestation of land leads to desertification or when a commercially valuable species is harvested to extinction. Pollution can also make a renewable resource such as water unusable in a particular location. Compare nonrenewable .
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