above-ground

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He projected that UCG can supply power 27 percent cheaper than plants such as GreenGen that gasify coal above-ground.
他預計，相對於來說，煤炭地下氣化技術的開採成本要比地上的綠色煤電技術便宜27%。
In 1958 scientists in St Louis began a campaign to collect baby teeth to study the link between above-ground testing and human exposure.
1958年，聖易路斯的科學家們就開始收集嬰兒的牙齒以研究地麪試騐與人類接觸之間的聯系。
Yet gold is badly suited for this task because, despite recent interest from private investors, a large proportion of global above-ground stocks – 18 per cent in 2010 – is still held by governments.
不過，黃金非常不適郃這一任務，這是因爲，盡琯近來私人投資者對黃金興趣濃厚，但地上黃金庫存中的很大部分——2010年爲18%——仍掌握在各國政府手中。

Leave about two or three centimeters above the ground so the plant will re-grow.

Before the late 19th century, diamonds were mined from rivers and other above-ground deposits.
FORBES: Fracture Lines
The group was a broad, above-ground movement that was determined to launch a social revolution.
NEWYORKER: The Rebellion Within
The WGC report estimated that production increases the above-ground stock at a rate of 1.7% per year.
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