大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 by-product


释义：

by-product n. 副产品；附带产生的结果；意外收获

例句：



Like many of today's great inventions, the microwave oven was a by-product of another technology.

就像今天很多伟大的发明一样，微波炉也是其它技术的副产品。



Leatherbacks apparently do not generate internal heat the way we do, or the way birds do, as a by-product of cellular metabolism.

棱皮龟显然不把热量当作新陈代谢的副产品，以我们产生内部热量的方式，或者鸟类产生内部热量的方式来产生出来。



This manual fixation—an indirect by-product of walking upright on two legs—has helped yield numbers in most cultures, but not all.

作为用两条腿直立行走的间接副产品，对手的过分关注帮助大多数文化产生了数字，但并非所有文化都是如此。



Indeed, the very notion of productivity is a by-product of the clock: once one can relate performance to uniform time units, work is never the same.

事实上，生产力的概念本身就是时钟的副产品：一旦工作表现与统一的时间单位可以联系起来，工作就永远都不一样了。



Research has shown that Tanco could reprocess the by-product of potassium chloride use to yield a crop fertilizer, leaving a relatively small volume of waste for disposal.

研究表明，Tanco可以对氯化钾的副产品进行再加工，从而生产出一种农作物肥料，只留下相对较少的垃圾。



Most number systems, then, are the by-product of two key factors: the human capacity for language and our inclination for focusing on our hands and fingers.

因此，大多数数字系统都是两个关键因素的意外结果：人类的语言能力及我们对手和手指的关注倾向。



Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.

幸福不是目标，是副产品。



Then, their flammability may be a by-product of tasting terrible.

这样，它们的可燃性或许就是糟糕味道的副产品了。



Even though leather is used so much today, it is only a by-product.

虽然皮革在今天被如此广泛的使用，但是这只是个副产品。



Palm oil by-product is supplied as UK animal feed. Photograph: Getty

棕榈油副产品提供给英国作为动物食料。



It appears, for instance, to be a by-product of conspicuous consumption.

比如说，它是炫耀性消费的副产品。



That too means less propylene, since it is also a by-product of petrol production.

既然丙烯也是石油工业产品的副产物，这也意味着其产量缩水。



However, carbon dioxide is not the only fossil-fuel by-product to affect the climate.

然而，影响环境的二氧化碳，不单单是燃烧矿物产品产生的。



Its fermentation process yields a surprising by-product - plentiful supplies of brewer's yeast.

其发酵过程产生了一个惊人的副产品——充足的啤酒酵母供应。



The resulting software development can be considered a by-product of the knowledge accumulated.

随后的软件开发可以认为是知识累积的副产品。



Technologies do exist to manufacture propylene as an end in itself, rather than as a by-product.

科技确实可以将丙烯自身当作最终产物而不是作为一种副产品来制造。



Carbon dioxide is a by-product of human industrial activities, mainly the burning of fossil fuels.

二氧化碳是人类工业活动的副产品，主要是矿物燃料燃烧产生的。