non-renewable

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ˌnon-reˈnewable adjectiveadj

TPnon-renewable types of energy such as coal or gas cannot be replaced after they have been used 〔能源〕不可再生的

All countries are being asked to cut down on their use of non-renewable resources.

所有国家都被要求减少利用不可再生资源。

Examples from the Corpus

non-renewable• However, as we have seen, these are non-renewable and rapidly running out.• Estimates of the availability of non-renewable fuels vary.• They are also increasing their rate of consumption of non-renewable resources in the form of fossil fuels.• Assessing those effects of global change which will be large scale and cause major modifications to both renewable and non-renewable resources.• The key threat that Green politics poses to the capitalist global system is in the matter of the consumption of non-renewable resources.• These are the non-renewable sources of energy that have been used predominantly in the past.• On water consumption, the report warned that many countries were rapidly depleting non-renewable sources such as sealed aquifers.

non-renewable resources• Assessing those effects of global change which will be large scale and cause major modifications to both renewable and non-renewable resources.• The key threat that Green politics poses to the capitalist global system is in the matter of the consumption of non-renewable resources.• They are also increasing their rate of consumption of non-renewable resources in the form of fossil fuels.

From Longman Business Dictionary

non-renewableˌnon-reˈnewable adjectiveadj

non-renewable types of energy such as coal or oil cannot be replaced once they have been used

a tax on all forms of non-renewable energy

These regulations will only encourage a massive waste of valuable andnon-renewable natural resources.

ˌnon-reˈnewable adjectiveadj

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