【bauxite】 - A-level备考词汇

bauxite

UK:  ['bɔːksaɪt]

US:  ['bɔk.saɪt]

n.

1.铁矾土

2.铝铁矾士

3.【矿物】铝矾土,铝土矿

1 . He said he was hunting for high-grade copper, bauxite, iron ore and coal resources, the minerals that China needs to fuel its urbanisation.
熊维平表示，他正在物色高品位的铜、铝矾土、铁矿石和煤炭资源，这些都是中国推进其城市化进程所必需的矿产。

2 . For all the uproar, Guinea's first iron ore mine is still at least four years away and Rusal continues to churn out bauxite.
尽管吵闹声一片，但几内亚首座铁矿石矿上马仍至少需要4年时间，而俄铝仍将继续开采铝土矿。

3 . Bauxite is usually extracted through open-cast mines, which leave vast scars on the landscape.
铝土矿通常在露天矿井下开采，这将使得当地景观疤痕累累。

4 . Due to the abundant resources and inherent chemical composition, the bauxite has the potential to be modified as the fine catalyst support.
我国铝土矿资源丰富，其固有的化学成分使其有望被改性成良好的催化剂载体。

5 . Recycling it requires only a tiny fraction of the energy consumed when mining bauxite and refining it into the same amount of metal.
回收它们所需要消耗的能量，跟重新开掘并提炼相同质量金属的能耗相比，只是一个很小的数目而已。