abatement

基本解释

This clever little chart shows the relative opportunity costs of different abatement activities.
它凭借一条温室气体“减排成本曲线”成为知名的气候变化咨询师，这张小小的图表巧妙地描绘了不同减排行动之间相对的机会成本。
The project, which targets industrial pollution, sells emission reductions to the Bank and others, with a portion of the revenues going to the government’s new pollution abatement program.
这个定位于工业污染的项目把减少的排放卖给世行和其它机构，将收入的一部分用于政府新的减轻污染方案。
Forests and plants remove carbon from the atmosphere, potentially accounting for more than 40% of carbon abatement opportunities between now and 2020.
从现在到2020年期间，森林和其他植物吸收大气中的碳，有可能提供超过40%的碳减排机会。

Residential prices have dropped double digits for three years running with no abatement in sight.
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Since then, many observers have viewed his example as the ultimate in penalty abatement.
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Perhaps the IRS has assessed penalties against the taxpayer for which the taxpayer should seek abatement.
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Abatement means a reduction in the strength or power of something or the reduction of it.