water use

基本解釋

Projections for water use in agriculture will be reviewed.
還將審議農(nóng)業(yè)水資源使用狀況的預(yù)測(cè)。
But a new study at one hospital finds that these devices may not always be worth the savings in water use.
但最近在一所醫(yī)院進(jìn)行一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，用這種水龍頭節(jié)約水可能得不償失。
They ask tough questions regarding cost, return on investment, energy and water use, and potential crop yields.
他們咨詢(xún)了成本、投資回報(bào)、能源和水的利用以及收獲潛力等尖銳的問(wèn)題。

The group has simpler ideas -- like reducing water use at schools and other buildings in Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories.
Well, they'll want to take baths and that'll use up hot water," They said.
他們要洗澡，就會(huì)用掉很多熱水，她們說(shuō)。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 公正課程節(jié)選
The ideal audience for the book," he says "should be the preachers, the gentry, the lawyers, men of affairs, who drawing such water as they find from the book can use it," he says, "to sprinkle the same both from the pulpit and from their conversation upon the people."
他還說(shuō)，像傳教士，貴族，律師，當(dāng)政者,這樣的人就更應(yīng)該讀這本書(shū)，因?yàn)樗麄冇心芰?把從書(shū)中汲取的思想認(rèn)識(shí)，通過(guò)禮拜或與他人的交談,有效地傳播出去“
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

For example, almost every manufacturer has targets for carbon footprint, waste reduction, water use, etc.
FORBES: Sustainability Standards and Sustainability Creep