英汉词典

1.Without the decisions taken 20 years ago, atmospheric levels of ozone-depleting substances would have increased tenfold by 2050.

如果没有20年前作出的那些决定，那么至2050年，大气中臭氧消耗物质的浓度会增加到原来的10倍。

2.While asleep, suffers may stop breathing for between 10 to 25 seconds at a time, depleting the bloodstream and brain of vital oxygen supplies.

患者睡觉的时候可能会有10到25秒的时间是没有呼吸的，这会减少血流和大脑的供氧量。

3.By 2010, close to 100 ozone-depleting substances, including CFCs, will have been phased out globally.

至2010年，包括氯氟烃在内的近100种消耗臭氧的物质将在全球范围内被淘汰。

4.Greed is also the reason why people are depleting natural resources at an unprecedented rate.

贪婪也是人们以史无前例的速率耗费自然资源的原因所在。

5.But illegal logging is depleting the rainforest — and the U. S. is responsible for buying 80% of the mahogany.

然而，不法砍伐滥伐正在耗竭这篇原始森林——收购这里80%的红木的美国，应该对此负有责任。

6.Every year humans take more than 50 million tons of fish from the oceans without critically depleting the population of any species.

每年人类从海洋中捕捞约5千万吨的鱼类，但这并未导致任何鱼种的灭绝。

7.The Montreal protocol, which banned various ozone-depleting chemicals, has left the ozone layer's long-term prospects looking quite Bonny.

因为《蒙特利尔议定书》的出台禁止了各种臭氧消耗性化学物质的排放，因而从长远维持了臭氧层的健康状况。

8.Depleting the number of lobsters, for example, means that we are adding to the threat of coral decline.

例如，减少龙虾的数量意味着也增加了珊瑚群数量锐减的风险。

9.According to Nestle's Peter Brabeck, roughly 4,200 cubic kilometres of water could be used each year without depleting overall supplies.

根据雀巢公司彼得包必达所说，不算整体供应，每年要用掉大约4200立方千米的水。