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Vocab - Key Terms on Irrigation and Environmental Impact - Studocu
Irrigation n /ˌɪrɪˈɡeɪʃn/ the practice
of
supplying
water to an
area of
land
through
pipes or
channels
so that
crops will
grow
T i ướ
tiêu
Inescapabl
e
adj /ˌɪnɪ
ˈskeɪpəbl/
of a fact
or a
situation)
that you
cannot
avoid or
ignore
Khôn
g thể
tránh
đ cượ
This leads to
the
inescapable
conclusion
that the two
things are
connected.
contaminat
e
Ver
b
/k n tæm ne t/ə ˈ ɪ ɪ contamin
ate
somethi
ng (with
somethi
ng) to
make a
substance
or place
dirty or no
longer pure
by adding a
substance
that is
dangerous
or carries
disease
Gây
ô
nhiêễ
m
The drinking
water has
become
contaminat
ed with lead
proportion nou
n
/prəˈpɔːʃn/ a part or
share of a
whole
T l
Water
covers a
large
proporti
on of the
earth's
surface.
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Vocab - Key Terms on Irrigation and Environmental Impact - Studocu
diminis
h
Ver
b
/dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/ to become
smaller,
weaker,
etc.; to
make
something
become
smaller,
weaker,
etc.
Gi mThe
world's
resources
are rapidly
diminishin
g
subsidy nou
n
/ˈsʌbsədi/ money that
is paid by a
governmen
t or an
organizatio
n to reduce
the costs of
services or
of
producing
goods so
that their
prices can
be kept low
Tr
câấp agricultu
ral
subsidie
s
immense adj /ɪˈmens/ There is still
an immense
amount of
work to be
done.
Râất
l na project
of
immens
e
importan
ce
biomass nou
n
/ ba mæs/ˈ ɪəʊ the total
quantity or
mass (=
weight) of
plants and
animals in a
particular
area or
volume
Sinh
khôấi
Their
results
yielded
total
above-
ground and
leaf
biomasses
ranging
from 245 to
440 t ha-1
and from
3.7 to 6.4 t
ha-1
respectivel
y.
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Vocab - Key Terms on Irrigation and Environmental Impact - Studocu
intensi
ve
farming
nou
n
/ n ten.s v ɪ ˌ ɪ
f .m ŋˈ ɑː ɪ /
a way of
producing
large
amounts of
crops, by
using
chemicals
and
machines
Đâất
thâm
canh
The use of
intensive
farming can
damage the
environmen
t
pesticid
es
nou
n
/ pes.t .sa d/ˈ ɪ ɪ a chemical
substance
used to kill
harmful
insects,
small
animals,
wild plants,
and other
unwanted
organisms
Thuôấ
c tr
sâu
The
pesticides
that farmers
spray on
their crops
kill pests,
but they can
also damage
people's
health.
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23:16, 09/01/2026
Vocab - Key Terms on Irrigation and Environmental Impact - Studocu Irrigation n /ˌɪrɪˈɡeɪʃn/ the practice Tưới of tiêu supplying water to an area of land through pipes or channels so that crops will grow Inescapabl adj /ˌɪnɪ of a fact Khôn This leads to e ˈskeɪpəbl/ or a g thể the situation) tránh inescapable that you được conclusion cannot that the two avoid or things are ignore connected. contaminat Ver /kə n ˈ tæmɪ neɪ t/ contamin Gây The drinking e b ate ô water has somethi nhiêễ become ng (with m contaminat somethi ed with lead ng) to make a substance or place dirty or no longer pure by adding a substance that is dangerous or carries disease proportion nou /prəˈpɔːʃn/ a part or T l ỷ ệ n share of a Water whole covers a large proporti on of the earth's surface. 23:16, 09/01/2026
Vocab - Key Terms on Irrigation and Environmental Impact - Studocu diminis Ver /dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/ to become Giảm The h b smaller, world's weaker, resources etc.; to are rapidly make diminishin something g become smaller, weaker, etc. subsidy nou /ˈsʌbsədi/ money that Trợ n is paid by a câấp agricultu governmen ral t or an subsidie organizatio s n to reduce the costs of services or of producing goods so that their prices can be kept low immense adj /ɪˈmens/ There is still Râất an immense lớn a project amount of of work to be immens done. e importan ce biomass nou /ˈ ba ɪəʊ mæs/ the total Sinh Their n quantity or khôấi results mass (= yielded weight) of total plants and above- animals in a ground and particular leaf area or biomasses volume ranging from 245 to 440 t ha-1 and from 3.7 to 6.4 t ha-1 respectivel y. 23:16, 09/01/2026
Vocab - Key Terms on Irrigation and Environmental Impact - Studocu intensi nou /ɪ n ˌ ten.sɪ v a way of Đâất The use of ve n ˈ fɑː .mɪ ŋ/ producing thâm intensive farming large canh farming can amounts of damage the crops, by environmen using t chemicals and machines pesticid nou /ˈ pes.tɪ.sa ɪ d/ a chemical Thuôấ The es n substance c trừ pesticides used to kill sâu that farmers harmful spray on insects, their crops small kill pests, animals, but they can wild plants, also damage and other people's unwanted health. organisms 23:16, 09/01/2026
Vocab - Key Terms on Irrigation and Environmental Impact - Studocu