pollution and environmental degradation meaning in Chinese

污染和环境退化

It laid the basis for much of our prosperity for the next 150 years . but it also threw up huge problems , many of which we did not deal with well : an increasing gap between rich and poor , problems of labour conditions , rights and relations ; overcrowded cities and social upheaval as people moved off the land ; a rapid rise in pollution and environmental degradation
它为英国随后150年的繁荣奠定了坚实基础，但也带来了很多严重问题，这些问题很多我们当时没有能够很好地解决，包括贫富差距扩大，劳动条件问题、权利和关系问题，大批人口从乡镇移居城市导致城市拥挤、社会矛盾加剧，污染增加以及环境恶化。