environmental damage costs

基本解释

It is estimated that environmental damage costs up to 8 per cent of China's GDP each year.
估计每年，中国的环境破坏要损失百分之八的GDP。
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According to Mr Want, environmental damage costs the country up to 5% of its economic output each year.
根据MR WANT，每年环境的破坏使得这个国家付出了多达百分之五的经济产量的代价。
The article divided the environmental costs into the four categories:the environment consumption costs, the environmental damage costs, the maintenance costs and the environmental costs.
文中把环境成本分为环境消耗成本、环境损失成本、环境维护成本和环境保护成本四大类。

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