元 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first / original / primary / (bound form) basic / fundamental / (bound form) constituent / part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument / variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon syn 走向 zǒu xiàng direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for 台阶 臺階 tái jiē steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology) syn 层面 層面 céng miàn aspect / facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane syn 岩浆 岩漿 yán jiāng (geology) magma 构造 構造 gòu zào structure / composition / tectonic (geology) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 熔岩 róng yán (geology) lava 断层 斷層 duàn céng fault (geology) (CL:道[dao4]) / (fig.) gap / rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional 变质 變質 biàn zhì to degenerate / to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad / to go off / (geology) metamorphism syn 褶皱 褶皺 zhě zhòu fold / crease / wrinkle / (geology) fold syn 地质 地質 dì zhì geology 板块 板塊 bǎn kuài slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc 地核 dì hé core of the earth (geology) syn 内核 內核 nèi hé core (of a fruit) / (fig.) the essence (of a concept or doctrine etc) / (geology) inner core / (computing) kernel syn 沉积 沉積 chén jī sediment / deposit / sedimentation (geology) syn 剪切 jiǎn qiē to cut (with scissors or similar tool) / to shear / (geology) shear / (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste") syn 地质学 地質學 dì zhì xué geology 地层 地層 dì céng stratum (geology) 风口 風口 fēng kǒu air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad 玄武岩 xuán wǔ yán (geology) basalt 地块 地塊 dì kuài parcel of land / (geology) massif 软泥 軟泥 ruǎn ní soft mud / silt / sludge / ooze (geology) 地貌 dì mào (geology) landform / geomorphology syn 层状 層狀 céng zhuàng stratified / bedded (geology) 溶洞 róng dòng (geology) solutional cave (typically, a limestone cave) 孔隙 kǒng xì pore (geology) syn 喀斯特 kā sī tè (geology) karst (loanword) 岩溶 yán róng (geology) karst 剥蚀 剝蝕 bō shí to corrode / to expose by corrosion (geology) 重晶石 zhòng jīng shí barite (geology) 向斜 xiàng xié syncline (geology) 地幔 dì màn (geology) (the earth's) mantle 宙 zhòu eternity / (geology) eon 火成岩 huǒ chéng yán igneous rock (geology) / volcanic rock 沉积岩 沉積岩 chén jī yán sedimentary rock (geology) 矿体 礦體 kuàng tǐ ore body (geology) syn 硅化木 guī huà mù petrified wood (geology) 砾岩 礫岩 lì yán conglomerate (geology) 文石 wén shí aragonite (geology) 岩石圈 yán shí quān lithosphere (in geology, the rigid crust of the earth) 地层学 地層學 dì céng xué stratigraphy (geology) 白云岩 白雲岩 bái yún yán dolomite (geology) 背斜 bèi xié anticline (geology) 环保 環保 huán bǎo environmental protection / environmentally friendly / abbr. for 環境保護|环境保护[huan2 jing4 bao3 hu4] 戈尔 戈爾 gē ěr Gore (name) / Al Gore (1948-), US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, subsequently environmental campaigner and Nobel Peace laureate 公害 gōng hài environmental pollution / social scourge / blight on society 环保局 環保局 huán bǎo jú environment protection office / PRC National bureau of environmental protection 环卫 環衛 huán wèi public cleanliness / (urban) sanitation / environmental sanitation / abbr. for 環境衛生|环境卫生[huan2 jing4 wei4 sheng1] 环境保护 環境保護 huán jìng bǎo hù environmental protection 环境污染 環境污染 huán jìng wū rǎn environmental pollution 环境卫生 環境衛生 huán jìng wèi shēng environmental sanitation / abbr. to 環衛|环卫[huan2 wei4] 环保型 環保型 huán bǎo xíng environmental / environmentally friendly 环境管理 環境管理 huán jìng guǎn lǐ environmental management 环境质量 環境質量 huán jìng zhí liàng environmental quality 环保设备 環保設備 environmental control equipment 环境工程 環境工程 huán jìng gōng chéng environmental engineer 国家环保总局 國家環保總局 guó jiā huán bǎo zǒng jú (PRC) State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), former incarnation (until 2008) of 環境保護部|环境保护部[Huan2 jing4 Bao3 hu4 bu4] 环境温度 環境溫度 huán jìng wēn dù environmental temperature 环评 環評 huán píng environmental impact assessment (EIA) / abbr. for 環境影響評估|环境影响评估 环境治理 環境治理 environmental governance 绿色和平 綠色和平 lǜ sè hé píng Greenpeace (environmental network) 环境法 環境法 huán jìng fǎ environmental law 环境标准 huán jìng biāo zhǔn environmental criteria 裂谷 liè gǔ (geology) rift valley 环境保护局 huán jìng bǎo hù jú Environmental Protection Agency 辉长岩 輝長岩 huī cháng yán gabbro (geology) 斑岩 bān yán porphyry (geology) 水圈 shuǐ quān the earth's ocean / the hydrosphere (geology) 断裂带 斷裂帶 duàn liè dài fault zone (geology) 变质岩 變質岩 biàn zhì yán metamorphic rock (geology) 蛇纹石 蛇紋石 shé wén shí serpentine (geology) 环保车 環保車 environmental vehicles 环保部 環保部 huán bǎo bù Ministry of Environmental Protection 快速增长城市可持续发展环境和都市地质 快速增長城市可持續發展環境和都市地質 Environmental and Urban Geology for Sustainable Development of Fast-growing Cities 环保斗士 環保鬥士 huán bǎo dòu shì an environmental activist / a fighter for environmental protection 环境意识 環境意識 huán jìng yì shì environmental awareness / environmental consciousness 2003年综合环境和经济核算制度 2003年綜合環境和經濟核算制度 System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting 2003 / Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting 2003 进入环境途径 jìn rù huán jìng tú jìng environmental pathway / environmental route 改变环境技术公约 改變環境技術公約 Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques / Environmental Modification Convention 环境可持续性问题千年项目第6工作队 環境可持續性問題千年項目第6工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 6 on Environmental Sustainability / Task Force 6 on Environmental Sustainability 环境可持续性问题第6工作队 環境可持續性問題第6工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 6 on Environmental Sustainability / Task Force 6 on Environmental Sustainability 环境条件因素 環境條件因素 huán jìng tiáo jiàn yīn sù extreme environmental factor / environmental conditions factor 圣乔治环境可持续性原则宣言 圣喬治環境可持續性原則宣言 shèng qiáo zhì huán jìng kě chí xù xìng yuán zé xuān yán St. George's Declaration of Principles for Environmental Sustainability in the OECS / St. George's Declaration of Principles for Environmental Sustainability 变质作用 變質作用 biàn zhì zuò yòng metamorphism (geology) 捕虏岩 捕虜岩 bǔ lǔ yán xenolith (geology) 沉积作用 沉積作用 chén jī zuò yòng sedimentation (geology) 橄榄岩 橄欖岩 gǎn lǎn yán peridotite (geology) 辉绿岩 輝綠岩 huī lǜ yán diabase (geology) / dolerite 全新纪 全新紀 quán xīn jì (geology) the Holocene Epoch 全新世 quán xīn shì (geology) the Holocene Epoch 蛇绿岩 蛇綠岩 shé lǜ yán ophiolite (geology) 蛇纹岩 蛇紋岩 shé wén yán serpentine (geology) 石炭系 shí tàn xì carboniferous system / coal measure (geology) 碳酸岩 tàn suān yán carbonate rock (geology) 枕状玄武岩 枕狀玄武岩 zhěn zhuàng xuán wǔ yán pillow lava (geology) / pillow basalt 浊积岩 濁積岩 zhuó jī yán turbidite (geology) 中央海岭 中央海嶺 zhōng yāng hǎi lǐng mid-ocean ridge (geology) 中洋脊 zhōng yáng jǐ mid-ocean ridge (geology) 