warehousing
noun [ U ] uk/ˈweə.haʊ.zɪŋ/ us/ˈwer.haʊ.zɪŋ/
(STORAGE)
仓储
the activity of storing something in a warehouse (= a large building for storing things before they are sold)
The company has sold its warehousing and distribution operation. 该公司已出售其仓储和配送业务。
Transportation and warehousing supported 65,000 jobs. 运输和仓储支撑了65,000个工作。
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- Goods are delivered when they're needed to avoid the costs of warehousing.
- Food bank officials said the cost of warehousing and refrigeration is about 50 cents per pound of food.
- The company was awarded a $12 million warehousing contract.
(PEOPLE)
（对罪犯、病人等）仓储式对待（而不是寻求真正解决他们的问题）
the practice of putting people in large prisons, hospitals, etc. without trying to help them with their problems
Critics of the system say it's just another form of warehousing for the mentally ill. 对这个系统持批评态度的人说，这不过是对待精神病患者的又一种仓储式对待。
She refers to this as warehousing, keeping the elderly in isolation from other age groups and everyday life. 她把这种将老人与其他年龄段人群和日常生活隔离开来的做法称为仓储式对待。
See: warehouse
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- Unnecessary warehousing of prisoners costs taxpayers millions of dollars.
- Experts pushed for more community-based services to end the warehousing of mentally ill children.
- Warehousing of long-term and often forgotten refugees is an outcome of the crisis.