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UN: Plastic bans can work, but need planning and enforcement
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Government bans on plastic can be effective in cutting back on waste, but poor follow-through has left many such bans ineffective, the U.N. said in a report Tuesday.
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After chairing a meeting of environmental experts and top government officials on the topic, President Nicos Anastasiades said in a statement that he gave instructions for Cyprus to play a bigger role in a part of the world that's particularly susceptible to climate change.
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susceptible/səséptəbl/を取りあげます。LDOCEによると、“likely to suffer from a particular illness or be affected by a particular problem”とありました。また、『ウィズダム英和辞典』には、「(〜の)影響を受けやすい、(〜に)感染しやすい」と載っていました。続いてODEで語源を調べてみると、“early 17th cent. : from late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin suscipere ‘take up, sustain’, from sub- ‘from below’ + capere ‘take’.”と定義されています。接頭辞は“sub”の異形で、c, p, tの前では“sus”となり「下、副、補欠」などの意味を含むことが分かりました。(Otoyo)