sanitation

• n. [医] 环境卫生；卫生设备；下水道设施

来自拉丁语 sanus,健康的，词源同 sane,健康的。-ation,名词后缀。引申词义卫生设备。

sanitation (n.)

1848, irregularly formed from sanitary. Figurative use from 1934. As a euphemism for garbage (as in sanitation engineer) first recorded 1939.

1. disease resulting from poor sanitation

卫生条件差导致的疾病

来自《权威词典》

2. The location is exceptionally poor, viewed from the sanitation point.

从卫生角度来看,这个地段非常糟糕.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. Typhoid fever sneaks in when sanitation fails.

环境卫生搞不好,伤寒就会乘虚而入.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Many illnesses are the result of inadequate sanitation.

许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。

来自辞典例句

5. He introduced a system of sanitation, extending from fly control to incineration.

他建立了一个卫生制度, 从扑灭苍蝇一直到焚化垃圾.

来自辞典例句