| English | Chinese |
| acoustical quality The characteristics of a confined space that determines its ability to enable music and speech to be heard clearly within it | 声学质量 (一个有限空间的特性，决定了音乐和其他声音能够在其中被清楚听到的能力。) |
| air quality The degree to which air is polluted; the type and maximum concentration of man-produced pollutants that should be permitted in the atmosphere | 空气质量 (空气受污染的程度；允许排入大气中的人造污染物的种类和最大浓度。) |
| Air Quality Act | 美国空气质量法案 |
| air quality control The measurement of ambient air-pollution concentrations in order to determine whether there is a problem in a given region | 空气质量控制 (测量周围空气的污染浓度，以判断特定地区是否有空气污染问题。) |
| air quality control | 空气质量控制 |
| air quality control region | 空气质量控制区 |
| air quality impact analysis | 空气质量影响分析 |
| air quality maintenance area | 空气质量保持区 |
| air quality management Regulate and plan and work toward the accomplishment of completion of stated goals, objectives and mission pertaining to air quality | 空气质量管理 (规范、计划和实施能够实现关于空气质量既定目标与任务。) |
| Air Quality Management Plan | 美国空气质量管理计划 |
| air quality monitoring Regular checking and recording of air quality in a given area. The following pollutants must be considered: carbon monoxide, benzene, butadiene, lead, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and particulates | 空气质量检测 (检测和记录指定地区的空气质量。需要考虑以下污染物：一氧化碳、苯、丁二烯、铅、二氧化硫、二氧化氮和微粒状物质。) |
| Air Quality Service | 美国空气质量局 |
| Air Quality Standards Coalition | 大气质量标准同盟 |
| Automatic Water Quality Monitoring Stations | 水质自动监测站 |
| California Environmental Quality Act | 美国加利福尼亚州环境质量法 |
| Council on Environmental Quality | 美国环境质量委员会 |
| ecological quality | 生态质量 |
| Environment Quality Assurance Program | 埃克森公司环境质量保障计划 |
| environment quality objectives | 环境质量目标 |
| environment quality standards | 环境质量标准 |
| environmental quality Properties and characteristics of the environment, either generalized or local, as they impinge on human beings and other organisms. Environmental quality is a general term which can refer to: varied characteristics such as air and water purity or pollution, noise, access to open space, and the visual effects of buildings, and the potential effects which such characteristics may have on physical and mental health | 环境质量 (当环境作用于人类或其它有机体时的整体性或局部性的特性与特征。环境质量是一般性的名词，意指各种特征，诸如空气和水的纯度或污染程度，进入开放空间的噪音，建筑物的视觉影响以及这些特征对身心健康所造成的潜在影响。) |
| environmental quality criterion Criteria followed in establishing standards for exposure to pollutants and noise, in respect of pesticides, detergents, composition of effluents, discharge of trade wastes, etc. | 环境品质评判标准 (评判标准遵循已建立的关于污染物和噪音的暴露程度的标准。他们和农药，洗涤剂，废水的组成，工业废料的排放等相关。) |
| environmental quality objective | 环境质量目标 |
| environmental quality standard Normative documents and guidelines for determining the degree of environmental conditions and requirements to avoid negative and damaging effects, influences, and consequences | 环境质量标准 (规范化的文档和指导方针，用来决定环境条件和需求的程度，用以避免负面的和毁坏性的影响和后果。) |
| food quality | 食品质量 |
| groundwater quality Groundwater accounts for over 95% of the earth's useable fresh-water resources; over half the world's population depends on groundwater for drinking-water supplies. This invisible resource is vulnerable to pollution and over-exploitation. Effective conservation of groundwater supplies requires the integration of land-use and water management | 地下水水质 (地下水占地球可用淡水资源的95％；超过半数的地球人口依靠地下水作为饮用水源。这种看不见的资源容易受到污染和过度开采，为有效节约地下水资源，必须整合土地使用和水资源管理。) |
| health, safety, environment & quality | 健康、安全、环境与质量 |
| housing quality standard A norm or measure applicable in legal cases and considered to reflect a relatively high grade or level of excellence in the construction, maintenance, operation, occupancy, use or appearance of dwelling units | 住宅质量标准 (适用于合法案件的准则或标准,和考虑使住所单位在建造、维修、运作、居住、使用或外观上,反映出较高等级或优秀水平。) |
| index of environmental quality | 环境质量指数 |
| indicator of environmental quality Qualitative or quantitative parameter used as a measure of an environmental condition, e.g. of air or water quality | 环境品质指标 (评估环境状况的定性定量参数，如评量空气品质或水质。) |
| Institute for Environmental Quality | 环境质量研究所 |
| Inter-agency Committee on Indoor Air Quality | 美国室内空气质量部门间委员会 |
| Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality | 美国路易斯安那州环境质量局 |
| measures for air quality | 空气质量测定 |
| National Ambient Air Quality Standards | 美国国家环境空气质量标准 |
| quality certification The formal assertion in writing that a commodity, service or other product has attained a recognized and relatively high grade or level of excellence | 质量证明 (书面的正式申明，说明商品、服务或其它产品有高质量或高等级。) |
| quality control The inspection, analysis, and other relevant actions taken to provide control over what is being done, manufactured, or fabricated, so that a desirable level of quality is achieved and maintained | 质量控制 (通过检查、分析和其它相关活动对正在生产的或制造的产品进行控制，因此可以获得满意的质量。) |
| quality, health, safety and environment | 质量、健康、安全和环境 |
| quality objective Any goal or target established for a product, service or endeavor that aspires to attain a relatively high grade or level of excellence | 质量目标 (对产品和服务设立的目标，希望能做得很好。) |
| quality of life Quality of life is largely a matter of individual preference and perception and overlaps the concept of social well-being. Generally the emphasis is on the amount and distribution of jointly consumed public goods, such as health care and welfare services, protection against crime, regulation of pollution, preservation of fine landscapes and historic townscapes | 生命质量 (生命质量是在社会福利基础之上的个人喜好和感觉。重点在消费类公众产品的数量和分布，例如健康和福利服务、控制犯罪、污染管理、风景和历史名城的保护。) |
| quality standard | 质量标准 |
| Regional Water Quality Control Boards | 地区水质量控制局 |
| soil quality All current positive or negative properties with regard to soil utilization and soil functions | 土壤质量 (目前所有的对于土地利用和土壤功能的积极或消极的性能。) |
| South Coast Air Quality Management District | 美国加利福尼亚州南海岸空气质量管制区 |
| waste water quality The state or condition of spent or used water that contains dissolved or suspended matter from a home, community farm or industry | 废水质量 (从家庭、社区、农场或工业中流出的含有溶解物或悬浮物的废水或已使用过的水的状况。) |
| water quality A graded value of the components (organic and inorganic, chemical or physical) which comprise the nature of water | 水质 (构成水的性质的成份(有机和无机，化学或物理)的分等级的值。) |
| Water Quality Commission | 水质委员会 |
| water quality directive EC Directive establishing the rules relating to water for human consumption | 水质指令 (由欧盟委员会制定的与人类消费的水有关的规则。) |
| water quality improvement Progress in, or betterment of, the environmental condition and integrity of water | 水质改善 (环境条件改善和水净化的进展。) |
| water quality index | 水质指数 |
| water quality management Water quality management concerns four major elements: the use (recreation, drinking water, fish and wildlife propagation, industrial or agricultural) to be made of the water; criteria to protect those uses; implementation plans (for needed industrial-municipal waste treatment improvements) and enforcement plans, and an anti-degradation statement to protect existing high quality waters | 水质管理 (水质管理涉及四个主要元素：由水所组成的使用(休闲、饮水、鱼类和野生动物繁殖、工业或农业)；保护这些用途的水的标准；实施计划(所需的工业、市政废水处理的改进)和执行计划；和一个反水质退化声明，以保护现有的高品质的水域。) |
| Water Quality Office | 美国环境保护局水质处 |
| Water Quality Research Council | 美国水质研究委员会 |
| Wyoming Department of Environment Quality | 美国怀俄明州环境质量局 |
