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单词 leakage
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leakage
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈliː.kɪdʒ/us
/ˈliː.kɪdʒ/

leakagenoun[C or U](LIQUID/GAS)

theactofleakingor theleakitself:
泄漏；渗漏
The leakage wastracedto anoilpipein thecellar.泄漏来自地下室里的一根油管。
A lot ofwateriswastedthrough leakage.大量的水因泄漏而被浪费掉了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Building: plumbing, pipes & sewage
  • airlock
  • ballcock
  • caulking
  • cesspit
  • cistern
  • conduit
  • hydrant
  • influent
  • mixer tap
  • outfall
  • overflow
  • plunger
  • sewage
  • sewage works
  • sewer
  • siphon
  • spigot
  • standpipe
  • syphon
  • waterworks
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Movement of liquids

leakagenoun[C or U](INFORMATION)

makingknownsecretinformation
（秘密消息的）透露，泄露
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Revealing secrets & becoming known
  • (the) word is/gets outidiom
  • anti-secrecy
  • backchannel
  • bare
  • blowsomeone'scoveridiom
  • blow/take the lid offsomethingidiom
  • break
  • declassify
  • hold
  • huddle
  • Queen's evidence
  • rat
  • rat onsomeone/something
  • reintroduce
  • revealingly
  • revelatory
  • state's evidence
  • tip
  • transpire
  • unload
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(Definition ofleakagefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

leakage| American Dictionary

leakage
noun[U]
us
/ˈli·kɪdʒ/
theconditionofleaking:
Thecauseof the leakage of thechemicalis underinvestigation, he said.
(Definition ofleakagefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

leakage| Business English

leakage
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈliːkɪdʒ/us
asituationin which aliquidorgasescapesfrom anopeningin apipeorcontainer, or theamountthatescapes:
Continued leakage from theplantmeansthat theriverremainspolluted.
→shrinkage
asituationin whichsecretinformationis madeknown:
leakage of sthThree differentinvestigationshavefailedtotraceany leakage ofinformationto him.
(Definition ofleakagefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofleakage

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Let us suppose that the proportion of any additional income absorbed as leakages is 0.6.
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The more leakages dependent on of the income multiplier.
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Leakages of saving, taxation, and imports will fall as income declines until once again total leakages equal total injections.
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When leakages absorb 60 per cent of any additional income, therefore, the value of the multiplier is 1.67.
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We also admit that the sum of all leakages as defined here over all the countries of the world need not be zero.
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There is no evidence that the existing small leakages adversely affected the test results, but this aspect of the design should be improved in future work.
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Since leakages are assumed to be related to income, and injections are assumed exogenous, then variations in income equate total income and expenditure flows in the circular flow model.
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A similar effect takes place when the government changes the rate at which taxation is levied because such changes alter the proportion of additional income which is absorbed by leakages.
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As regards the consumer subsidies on food crops and water and electricity, they were not confined to low-income groups, and there were considerable leakages to middle- and upper-income groups.
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The management of the economy through fiscal policy is assisted by the multiplier which magnifies any injection of expenditures or leakages of income into or out of the circular flow.
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The process will continue, and with each stage the amount of income passed on to others in the circular flow will be reduced by leakages of taxation, saving, and imports.
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A more sealed lid should be considered for future developments, as small leakages could have adversely balanced many pressure gradients, and inhibited attachment of the fluid jet.
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The major issue was not to win converts but to stemleakage.
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The fear of highleakagein forest options, often neglected in energy options, is consistently put forward to block these opportunities.
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While an effectively applied means-tested benefit could be regarded as more cost-efficient for poverty prevention, avoiding leakages to the ' non-poor', its comparative advantage for distributional purposes is less clear.
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