詞彙精選：debris的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

散落的碎片，殘骸 [U]

例句：

The injured included some children, wounded by debris and rescuers sent them to hospital immediately.

傷者中包括一羣兒童在內，這些兒童是被四散飛射的殘骸擊中而致受傷，救難人員已將他們緊急送醫救治。

例句：

After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.

轟炸之後到處瓦礫成堆。

殘渣；垃圾；廢棄物 [U]

例句：

There are limits to how many lives you can give to a pile of debris.

瓦礫堆被回收利用的次數總是有限的。

例句：

Others are merely accumulations of coral and skeletal debris.

而另一些則僅僅是珊瑚和骸骨碎片的堆積。

二、詞義辨析：

waste,garbage,rubbish,litter,debris,junk

這些名詞均含“廢物，垃圾”之意。waste普通用詞，概念廣泛，指任何被丟棄的東西。garbage主要指有機廢料，包括廚房的剩菜剩飯或不能再用的食物。也可作引申用。rubbish普通用詞，指任何成堆的、破損的、用過的或無用的東西，尤指棄掉的垃圾堆。也可作引申用。litter是四下亂丟物品的總稱，尤指散落於地，有礙觀瞻的廢物。debris着重指分解、分裂或破壞後剩下的碎片，也指零散的普通廢品。junk指回收的舊汽車或大型機器，也指毫無實用價值，或破爛物體，但不指垃圾。

三、參考例句：

The debris slowly decomposes into compost.

這些垃圾慢慢地分解成了堆肥。

Falling debris rained on us from above.

碎片從上面像雨點兒一樣落在我們身上。

After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.

轟炸之後到處瓦礫成堆。

Rainfall had dislodged debris from the slopes of the volcano.

雨水沖走了火山坡面上的岩屑。

The streets are still full of debris from two nights of rioting.

街道上仍到處可見連續兩晚的騷亂留下的殘跡。

Such estimate of viscosities do give us some concept of the sluggishness of debris flows.

這種對泥石流粘度的估計確實給我們提供了一些泥石流惰性方面的概念。

The injured included some children, wounded by debris and rescuers sent them to hospital immediately.

傷者中包括一羣兒童在內，這些兒童是被四散飛射的殘骸擊中而致受傷，救難人員已將他們緊急送醫救治。

One of the characteristics of lava and debris valleys is a U-shaped transverse profile.

熔岩流及泥石流谷的特點之一是橫剖面爲U型。

Such  estimate of viscosities do give us some concept of the sluggishness of debris flows.

這種對泥石流粘度的估計確實給我們提供了一些泥石流惰性方面的概念。

Life vests, luggage and plane debris have also been found off the island of Borneo.

救生衣，行李和飛機殘骸也在婆羅洲島被找到。