sustainability? [s?'ste?n?b?l?t?]??

n. 可持續(xù)性

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McDonald's?currently has more than 1,470 restaurants scattered throughout Germany, but for 10 days in June, customers at its location inside the Mall of Berlin had a completely different experience when they ordered a Hamburger Royal K?se or a Schokolinsen-Saurer Apfel McFlurry.
目前麥當(dāng)勞在德國(guó)各地有1470多家餐廳，但6月的10天中，麥當(dāng)勞柏林購(gòu)物中心店里的顧客在點(diǎn)皇家奶酪漢堡（Hamburger Royal K?se）或蘋(píng)果冰旋風(fēng)（Schokolinsen-Saurer Apfel McFlurry）的時(shí)候嘗試了完全不同的體驗(yàn)。

For starters, all of the restaurant's burgers were served in packaging made from grass and they could've eaten that McFlurry with a small wooden spoon.?
首先，這家餐廳供應(yīng)的所有漢堡的包裝都是用草制成的，而且顧客可以用一把小木勺來(lái)享用冰旋風(fēng)。

From June 17 through June 26, the restaurant temporarily reinvented itself as the Better McDonald's Store — and, from a?sustainability?perspective, that wasn't just a clever name.
從6月17日至6月26日，這家餐廳臨時(shí)自稱為“更好的麥當(dāng)勞”，而且，從可持續(xù)性的角度來(lái)說(shuō)，這不只是一個(gè)有趣的名字。

The Better McDonald's Store was completely plastic-free, which allowed the company to test out some alternatives to single-use plastics and to receive customer feedback on each of those items.
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這家店提供的所有餐點(diǎn)都沒(méi)有用到塑料制品，這使麥當(dāng)勞可以測(cè)試用部分替代品來(lái)替代一次性塑料制品，并從使用這些產(chǎn)品的顧客那里得到反饋。

In addition to paper straws, wooden cutlery, and grass-paper burger cartons, condiments and dipping sauces were served in edible waffle cups, and Chicken McNuggets were handed out in paper bags instead of cardboard cartons.
除了紙質(zhì)吸管、木制餐具、草紙制成的漢堡盒，調(diào)味料和蘸醬都是用可食用的華夫餅杯盛放的，麥樂(lè)雞塊被盛放在紙袋里而不是硬紙盒里。

"Normally, McDonald's goes out with perfect solutions. This time we said, 'We don't have perfect solutions yet… please help us!'" Diana Wicht, the Sustainability Department Head for McDonald's Germany, said in a statement.
“麥當(dāng)勞通常會(huì)提供完美的解決方案。但這次我們得說(shuō)，‘我們還沒(méi)有完美的解決方案……所以，請(qǐng)幫幫我們！”麥當(dāng)勞德國(guó)分公司可持續(xù)發(fā)展部總監(jiān)戴安娜·維希特在一份聲明中說(shuō)道。

It's probably not a bad idea for the company to scroll through everyone's opinions before it changes things up on a permanent basis.?
對(duì)于麥當(dāng)勞而言，在做出永久性改變的決定之前，征求一下大家的意見(jiàn)可能并不是個(gè)壞主意。

Earlier this year, McDonald's replaced the plastic straws in its U.K. locations with paper straws, and they weren't exactly well-received: more than 53,000 people have signed a petition asking McDonald's to bring back the plastic. (The campaign creator's reason for his big ask? "So I can drink my milkshake proper.")
今年早些時(shí)候，麥當(dāng)勞英國(guó)分公司用紙質(zhì)吸管替換了塑料吸管，然而，這一舉措并未得到好的反響：超過(guò)5.3萬(wàn)人簽署了請(qǐng)?jiān)笗?shū)，要求麥當(dāng)勞恢復(fù)使用塑料吸管。（這一行動(dòng)的發(fā)起人的理由是，他有個(gè)很大的疑問(wèn)“我什么時(shí)候能好好喝我的奶昔?！保?/div>

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今日詞匯

sustainability? [s?'ste?n?b?l?t?]??

n.?可持續(xù)性

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It’s not fair to my marriage, my ongoing success, and the sustainability of how I live.?
對(duì)于我的婚姻、持續(xù)的成功和我可持續(xù)性的生活來(lái)說(shuō)，這都是不公平的。

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sustainable，adj. 可以忍受的；足可支撐的

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Does the company have a sustainable competitive advantage???
公司是否有可持續(xù)的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)優(yōu)勢(shì)?