Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #6775
recycling
回收利用；回收处理
The practice of collecting and processing waste materials so they can be used again.
- 1.
The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.
垃圾分类回收利用
- 2.
the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products
处理废旧材料以制造新产品的行为
- 3.
Those materials culled for recycling.
回收物
- 4.
Something made by recycling something else.
回收再造品
可回收材料；待回收物；再生产品；回收再制产品；垃圾分类回收利用；处理废旧材料以制造新产品的行为；回收物
In use
Recycling is one of the easiest ways to reduce waste.
Our town encourages recycling by providing separate bins for paper and plastic.
She wrote an article about recycling for the school newspaper.
recycling of sth
The recycling of plastic bottles reduces waste.
塑料瓶的回收减少了浪费。
recycling program
Our city launched a new recycling program.
我们的城市启动了一个新的回收计划。
promote recycling
Schools should promote recycling among students.
Connections
Collocations
- recycling bin
- 回收箱
- Please put the empty bottles in the recycling bin.请把空瓶子放进回收箱。
- recycling center
- 回收中心
- We took the old newspapers to the recycling center.我们把旧报纸送到了回收中心。
- recycling program
- 回收计划
- The city launched a new recycling program to reduce waste.该市启动了一项新的回收计划以减少垃圾。
- recycling plant
- 回收厂
- The waste is sent to a recycling plant for processing.废物被送到回收厂进行处理。
Pop culture & quotes
- Recycling? That's for people who don't have a personal incinerator.
- 回收？那是给没有私人焚烧炉的人准备的。I never recycle because I have a personal incinerator.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把recycling拆成re（再次）和cycling（循环），联想废品重新进入循环利用。
Context & Register
语域：混合。常见语境：环保政策、垃圾管理、家庭回收、教育材料。注意：该词在正式文件与日常对话中均广泛使用，可根据具体语境调整语体。
Grammar Note
recycling 通常作不可数名词，表示回收过程；有复数形式 recyclings，指不同类型的回收。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All words share the /ɪŋ/ ending, rhyming with the final syllable of 'recycling'. Note that words spelled with '-cycle' (e.g., bicycle) have a different pronunciation (/ˈbaɪsɪkl/).
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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