carbon bigfoot 碳大脚

时间：2014-11-06 05:27:12

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Carbon Bigfoot refers to a person with absolutely zero regard for his or her carbon footprint, the sum of all emissions¹ of CO2 induced by your activities; an anti-environmentalist.

Carbon Bigfoot（碳大脚）指完全不在意自己碳足迹的人或者反环保人士。碳足迹指一个人的行为产生的二氧化碳排放量。

For example:

The elusive² office Carbon Bigfoot appears to be Gary. The other day I watched him wad up 600 sheets of computer paper in pursuit of the perfect wastebasket three-point shot.

办公室里隐藏的“碳大脚”原来是Gary。有一天，我眼看着他把600张电脑打印纸揉成纸团对着垃圾筐练三分投篮。

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1 emissions
排放物( emission的名词复数 )；散发物（尤指气体）
参考例句：
Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。 Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

2 elusive
adj.难以表达(捉摸)的；令人困惑的；逃避的
参考例句：
Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。 Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。