煤炭
méi tàn
Pinyin
Definition
煤炭
-
- coal
Character Decomposition
Idioms (3)
冰炭不言,冷热自明
- 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
生灵涂炭
- 1 people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
雪中送炭
- 1 lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)
- 2 fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need
Sample Sentences
现在的很多企业的发展都还停留在使用煤炭等传统能源的水平,多年来一直是一种高能耗、高排放、低产出的状态,我们所要面对的环境问题真是一天比一天严峻。
Now the development of many companies has stalled at using traditional energy resources like coal. For many years they have been high-consumption, high-emissions and low-productivity energy sources. The environmental problems we're facing are getting more serious every day.
电,风,煤炭,石油
electric, wind, coal, oil
当然了,这些传统能源用完就没有了。据估计,再过个五六十年,煤炭和石油就要被开采完了。到时候,全球就会陷入能源危机。
Of course not. After these traditional energy sources are used up, they're no more. According to estimates, after another 50 or 60 years, coal and fossil fuels will all have been completely extracted. When that happens, the whole world will fall into an energy crisis.
那煤炭、石油、天然气是不可再生的吗?
Then coal, fossil fuel and natural gas aren't renewable?