• n. [醫] 環境衛生；衛生設備；下水道設施

來自拉丁語 sanus,健康的，詞源同 sane,健康的。-ation,名詞后綴。引申詞義衛生設備。

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

衛生條件差導致的疾病

來自《權威詞典》

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

從衛生角度來看,這個地段非常糟糕.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. Typhoid fever sneaks in when sanitation fails.

環境衛生搞不好,傷寒就會乘虛而入.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Many illnesses are the result of inadequate sanitation.

許多疾病都來源于不健全的衛生設施。

來自辭典例句

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

他建立了一個衛生制度, 從撲滅蒼蠅一直到焚化垃圾.

來自辭典例句