English Dictionary

sustainability

IPA（発音記号）

/səsˌteɪnəˈbɪlɪti/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(ecology) A means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present, while preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, planning and acting for the ability to maintain these necessary resources for future generations.

日本語の意味

社会や経済活動が現代のニーズを満たすと同時に、生物多様性や自然な生態系を守り、将来世代のために必要な資源を維持できるような文明の在り方、すなわち「持続可能性」や「持続可能な開発」を意味する。

sustainability requires redesigning our industries and cities so that communities can meet their needs today without compromising biodiversity and the ability of future generations to thrive.

持続可能性は、産業や都市を再設計して、コミュニティが現在のニーズを満たしながら生物多様性や将来世代が繁栄する能力を損なわないようにすることを求めます。

意味（1）

(ecology) A means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present, while preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, planning and acting for the ability to maintain these necessary resources for future generations.

意味（2）

(business) The ability to sustain a business in the long term, which is a state that is partly dependent on, but broader than, profitability today or in the short term; it involves aspects of a plausible path toward eventual profitability (as applies to a startup) and ecologic sustainability (for example, the long-term dependence of the timber/lumber industry on forest preservation and renewal, or of fisheries on viable fish stocks).

The making of buggy whips is the proverbial exemplar of a business without sustainability in the face of technological change.

意味（3）

(civics) The ability to sustain a civic practice or process in the long term, such as democracy, entrepreneurialism, a war effort, or others.

universal primary and secondary education, without which the sustainability of innovation and entrepreneurialism seems questionable

sustainabilities （ plural ）