| English | Chinese |
| continuous load The amount or quantity of polluting material found in a transporting agent that flows at a steady rate, in contrast to a sudden or dramatic influx | 连续性负荷 (指污染物于传输介质中以稳定速率流动的数量或质量，与突然或剧烈流入相反。) |
| critical load The maximum load that a given system can tolerate before failing | 临界负荷 (特定系统在衰退前可以承受的最大负荷。) |
| critical load | 临界〔破坏，断裂〕 负载 |
| fire load | 火灾风险负荷 |
| fire load index | 火灾负荷指数简写为FLI |
| heavy metal load The amount of stress put on an ecosystem by heavy metal pollution released into it | 重金属负荷 (重金属污染排放到生态系统，对生态系统所造成的压力负荷。) |
| immission load The total amount of immissions introduced in a given environment | 排入负荷 (输入给固定环境的污染物注入总量。) |
| load bearing capacity The maximum load that a system can support before failing | 承载能力 (一个系统可以支持的最大负荷。) |
| pollutant load The amount of polluting material that a transporting agent, such as a stream, a glacier, or the wind, is actually carrying at a given time | 污染负荷 (运输的污染物的总量，如流、冰川、风，并在一个给定的时间内进行。) |
| pollution load The amount of stress placed upon an ecosystem by pollution, physical or chemical, released into it by man-made or natural means | 污染负荷 (生态系统中的污染量，包括物理或化学制品，以及污染释的方式，包括人为的或自然手段。) |
| salt load | 盐负荷 |
| sudden load Sudden immission in considerable amount of one or more pollutants in the atmosphere, in a water body or in the soil | 骤加载荷 (突然在水体或土壤中的排入相当数量的一种或多种大气污染物。) |
| waste water load The amount of spent or used water, often containing dissolved and suspended matter, that is found in a stream or some other body of water | 废水负荷 (指含有溶解物和悬浮物废物的或已使用过的水的总量，这些水常见于河流或其它水体中。) |
