Its competitors such as stone, brick, metal and plastic are all derived from exhaustible mineral sources. 其他竞争性材料如石料、、属和塑料管都是从易被竭尽的矿产资源中提取的。
They are not only strictly local but exhaustible; though, at a given place and time, they may exist in much greater abundance than would be applied to present use even if they could be obtained gratis. 它们不仅严格地局限于某些地点,而且是可耗尽的,不过在某一地点和时间,即令可无偿得到它们,它们的储量也会远远超过所需的数量。
Select a vital nonrenewable or exhaustible resource( water, mineral, energy, food, etc.) for which your team can find appropriate world-wide historic data on its endowment, discovery, annual consumption, and price. 选择一个至关重要的,但不能再生或者用得尽的资源(,矿物质,能源,食品,等等)你的队需要找到一些关于它的蕴藏量,已发现储量,每年消费额和价格的数据,这些数据应该是适合世界范围的、历史意义的。
exhaustible
[ adj ]
capable of being used up
<adj.all>
capable of being used up; capable of being exhausted
<adj.all> our exhaustible reserves of fossil fuel
Exhaustible \Ex*haust"i*ble\, a. Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended. Opposite of {inexhaustible}. --Johnson. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Physical assets that are exhaustible should be depreciated."