harsh environment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofharshandenvironment
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harsh
adjective
uk/hɑːʃ/us/hɑːrʃ/
unpleasant, unkind, cruel, or more severe than ...
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environment
noun
uk/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/us/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and ...
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(Definition ofharshandenvironmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Complex sensing and actuation systems may be prone to failure in theharshenvironment.
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Trapping between clay layers may have provided a mechanism to protect biologically important molecules from theharshenvironmentof space.
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The architecture does not aspire to grandiosity but rather addresses aharshenvironmentin an appropriate and respectful manner.
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Many parasites, including important species that affect humans and livestock, must survive theharshenvironmentof insect guts to complete their life-cycle.
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If parasites andharshenvironmentare negatively correlated across geographical sites, then one female strategy would be universal since women everywhere would benefit from making the same choice.
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Nevertheless, space is aharshenvironment.
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The challenges of mounting and sustaining operations at that range and in such aharshenvironmentshould not be underestimated.
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They are therefore forced to live in the jungle, which is aharshenvironment, especially in the rainy season.
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The desert can be aharshenvironmentto the unwary and those not used to operating in it or over it.
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That is a peculiar feature of the offshore developments in theharshenvironmentthat we have.
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In an active combat situation and in theharshenvironmentof the front line, troops will have scratches, cuts and even battle wounds.
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This decision will come as welcome news to the producers concerned, who farm in a veryharshenvironment.
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He spoke eloquently about theharshenvironmentin which seamen have operated and in which they continue to operate.
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Ships operate in aharshenvironment.
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It is essential that fishermen working in thatharshenvironment, on the heaving deck of a trawler, often with unprotected deck machinery, should have the benefit of safety helmets.
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They wonder what has happened to their loved ones at sea and whether they will return from theharshenvironmentfrom which they seek their living.
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Their origin is uncertain but today there is a population of between 150 and 200 individuals which have adapted to theharshenvironment.
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Unlike most passerines, it has feathered tarsi, an adaptation to itsharshenvironment.
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Its remoteness and the measures needed to protect its population from theharshenvironmentgive it an insular character.
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The horses tend to remain in above average condition, despite theharshenvironmentin which they live, with stallions generally averaging better condition then mares.
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