effluent: [19] Effluent is that which ‘flows out’. The word comes from the present participle of Latin effluere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and fluere ‘flow’ (source of English fluctuate, fluent, fluid, flux, and a host of derivatives). English originally acquired it as an adjective in the 18th century, but did not begin to use it in its present-day noun senses until the mid 19th century. From the same source come effluvium [17] and efflux [17]. => fluctuate, fluent, fluid, flux
effluent (adj.)
mid-15c., from Latin effluentem "flowing out" (see effluence). As a noun, "that which flows out," from 1859; specific meaning "liquid industrial waste" is from 1930.
雙語例句
1. Industrial effluent often causes a problem to people's health.
工業廢水常常危害人們的健康.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. Effluent from the sedimentation tank is dosed with disinfectant to kill any harmful organisms.
沉降池中的廢水中加入了消毒劑，以消滅所有有害微生物。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Dangerous effluent from some chemical plants is being poured into the river through the town.
幾家化學工廠排出的有害廢水正流入通過我們市鎮的河里.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Fixing the levels of effluent charges poses some severe problems.
把排污收費規定在一個水平上,又引起一些嚴重問題.
來自英漢非文學 - 環境法 - 環境法
5. Section 301 ( b ) ( 2 ) prescribes BAT effluent limitations for " nonconventional " and toxic pollutants.