decarbonize
verb specialized (UK usually decarbonise) uk/ˌdiːˈkɑː.bən.aɪz/ us/ˌdiːˈkɑːr.bən.aɪz/
[ I or T ] environment （停止或减少含碳气体，尤指二氧化碳排放）脱碳
to stop or reduce carbon gases, especially carbon dioxide, being released into the atmosphere as the result of a process, for example the burning of fossil fuels
He has pledged to decarbonize his company's operations by 2050. 他承诺到2050年使公司的运营实现脱碳。
What are the technological obstacles to decarbonising the global economy today?
The biggest polluters are going to have to decarbonise.
[ T ] engineering, chemistry （从某物质或物件中移除碳或含碳物质）除碳
to remove carbon or material containing carbon from a substance or from an object, such as an engine
The water needed to be decarbonized and dosed with lime, to raise its pH.
It is better to decarbonize your engine regularly, before carbon deposits have the chance to build up. 最好是在碳沉积物有机会积累之前，定期对发动机进行除碳。
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- No region of the world is doing enough to decarbonise its energy supply, she says.
- The chair of the committee said the UK would have to move to a decarbonised electricity sector by 2030.
- Some economists calculated that decarbonising the economy would cost around 2 percent of GDP.
- The country's foreign minister said, "We see our nation as the world's laboratory for a decarbonized future."
- To decarbonize too suddenly would have severe economic repercussions, he claimed.