skip diving
noun[U]
UK(alsoskip-diving)uk/ˈskɪp ˌdaɪ.vɪŋ/us/ˈskɪp ˌdaɪ.vɪŋ/(USDumpster diving)theactivityofsearchingthroughskipsor otherlargecontainersholdingwaste, inordertofindfoodthat can still beeatenorobjectsthat can still be used:
废物捡拾Somepeoplegoskipdivingbecause theywantto becool; otherpeoplego because they can'taffordtoactuallybuyfood.有些人去捡拾废物是想耍酷；另一些人则是因为他们真的买不起食物。
We’re notadvisingthat you go skip-diving, and if you aretemptedto take anything from adomesticorcommercialskip, you shouldaskthehomeownerorpropertymanagerfirst.我们不建议你去捡拾废物，如果你想要从居民或商业垃圾桶里翻找东西，你应该先问一下住户或物业经理。
- Januaryis a goodmonthforskipdiving-lotsofpeoplearemovingin the newyearand alsothrowingoutoldthings they havereplacedoverChristmas.
- "I still goskipdiving", headmits. "With so manycompaniesgoing intoliquidation, I wouldstronglyrecommendanyone to take adrivearoundtheirlocalbusinessestatestoseewhat they mightpickup".
- Skipdivingwas apastimeIenthusiasticallyengagedin when Ilivedin London and Brighton.
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- agroecology
- air pollution
- anti-conservation
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- anti-consumer
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