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.
他预计，相对于来说，煤炭地下气化技术的开采成本要比地上的绿色煤电技术便宜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，圣易路斯的科学家们就开始收集婴儿的牙齿以研究地面试验与人类接触之间的联系。
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.
不过，黄金非常不适合这一任务，这是因为，尽管近来私人投资者对黄金兴趣浓厚，但地上黄金库存中的很大部分——2010年为18%——仍掌握在各国政府手中。

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.
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The group was a broad, above-ground movement that was determined to launch a social revolution.
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The WGC report estimated that production increases the above-ground stock at a rate of 1.7% per year.
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