tar pit 沥青坑
- Part 1: The Software Tar Pit explains the many reasons why the software field arrived at its current state.
第1部分:软件开发中的焦油坑 阐述了软件领域发展到今天这个状态的许多原因。 - Greenhouse gas emissions of tar sands crude are 40% higher than conventional oil, and the open-pit mining has devastated Alberta's boreal forest.
焦油砂的温室气体排放量比普通石油高40%,露天采矿已经极大地破坏了阿尔伯塔的北方气候带森林。 - The biggest risk, says Zhang, is not that Beijing won't stay clean but that the rest of the country could remain stuck in an ecological tar pit.
最大的危险并不在于北京的环境如何,而在于这个国家的其他地方是否会陷入生态学灾难。
tar pit[ noun ]
a natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth; often acts as a trap for animals whose bones are thus preserved
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