Renewables are ways of making power that can keep coming — sun, wind, moving water, heat from the earth. People also use the word for that power as a group: “We need more renewables.” Though actually, the careful name is renewable energy; renewables is the short plural you hear in news and politics.

Renewables再生能源 are是 ways of making power that can keep coming能持續產生的發電方式 — sun, wind, moving water, heat from the earth陽光、風、流動的水、地熱。People大家 also use the word for that power as a group也把這個字用來統稱那種電力, "We need more renewables."像是「我們需要更多renewables」; Though actually不過其實, the careful name is renewable energy正式一點的說法是renewable energy; renewables而renewables is the short plural you hear in news and politics是你會在新聞和政治場合聽到的簡短複數形。

We almost never say “a renewable” the way we say “a tree.” The idea is that the source does not get used up in one go: the sun will rise again. Coal and oil are the opposite.

We我們 almost never say幾乎不會 the way we say "a tree."像我們會說「一棵樹」那樣, "a renewable"說「一個a renewable」。The idea這個概念是 is that the source does not get used up in one go這種來源不會一次就被用光: the sun will rise again太陽明天還是會升起。Coal and oil煤和石油 are the opposite則正好相反。

People stretch the word: some count wood or plant fuel as renewables, even though trees take years to grow back, and not everyone agrees that is clean. It is a public, school-and-news word, not a poetic one.

People大家 stretch the word把這個字用得寬鬆一點: some有些人 count wood or plant fuel as renewables把木材或植物燃料也算成renewables, even though trees take years to grow back雖然樹要好幾年才長得回來, and not everyone agrees that is clean而且不是每個人都同意那樣算乾淨。It它 is是 a public, school-and-news word一個大眾的、學校和新聞在用的字, not a poetic one不是詩意的用字。