| English | Chinese |
| Advisory Committee on Marine Resources Research | 联合国粮农组织海洋资源研究咨询委员会 |
| Advisory Committee on Oceanic Meteorological Research | 联合国海洋气象研究咨询委员会 |
| Air Pollution Research Advisory Committee | 空气污染研究咨询委员会 |
| Albert Oil Sands Environment Research Program | 加拿大阿尔伯塔油砂地区环境研究计划 |
| applied research Research directed toward using knowledge gained by basic research to make things or to create situations that will serve a practical or utilitarian purpose | 应用性研究 (旨在用通过基础研究得到的知识来解决实际问题的研究。) |
| Center for Energy and Environment Research | 能源与环境研究中心 |
| Center for International Research of Environment and Development | 国际环境与开发研究中心 |
| Clean Energy Research Institute | 美国迈阿密大学清洁能源研究所 |
| Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination | 政府机构间辐射研究与政策协调委员会 |
| Committee on Water Resources Research | 水资源研究委员会 |
| Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences | 美国环境科学研究协作研究所 |
| Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere | 美国科拉罗多州立大学大气层研究协作研究所 |
| coupled ocean-atmosphere research experiment | 联合海洋大气研究实验 |
| Earthquake Resistant Structure Research Center | 抗震结构研究中心 |
| ecosystem research Study of the ways in which plants, animals, and microbes interact with each other and with their physical environment and of the processes involving the circulation, transformation and accumulation of both matter, especially nutrient materials, and energy | 生态系统研究 (探讨植物、动物、微生物彼此间的交互作用以及它与物理环境互动的方式，并探讨物质(尤其是营养物质)与能量间的循环、转换以及累积的过程。) |
| Environmental Prediction Research Facility | 美国环境预测研究设施 |
| Environmental Protection Research Institute | 环境保护研究所 |
| environmental research The study of the environment and its modifications caused by human activities | 环境调查 (关于环境和由于人类活动发生的环境变化研究。) |
| Environmental Research Advisory Committee | 加拿大环境研究顾问委员会 |
| Environmental Research Institute of Michigan | 美国密歇根环境研究所 |
| Environmental Research Laboratory | 环境研究实验室 |
| Environmental System Research Institute | 环境系统研究所 |
| Global Atmospheric Research Program | 全球大气研究计划 |
| global change research program | 全球变化研究大纲 |
| historical research The study of events in relation to their development over time | 历史研究 (对事件随时间变迁而发展的关系的研究。) |
| Institute for Environment Research | 美国环境研究所 |
| interdisciplinary research The utilisation, combination and coordination of two or more appropriate disciplines, technologies and humanities in an integrated approach toward environmental problems | 跨学科研究 (对两个或多个合适的学科的利用、组合和协调。这些学科包括技术学科和人文学科等，用以解决环境问题的综合方法) |
| International Association of Water Pollution Research and Control | 国际水污染研究和控制会 |
| laboratory research Research carried out in a laboratory for testing chemical substances, growing tissues in cultures, or performing microbiological, biochemical, hematological, microscopical, immunological, parasitological tests, etc. | 实验室研究 (在实验室进行的测试化学物质、组织增殖培养，或从事微生物学、生化学、血液学、显微镜学、免疫学、寄生物学的试验等。) |
| market research The systematic gathering, recording, computing, and analysing of data about problems relating to the sale and distribution of goods and services for certain time periods | 市场调查 (关于商品的销售和分配及特定时段的服务的问题的系统的收集、记录、计算和数据分析 。) |
| meteorological research Study of meteorological elements such as wind speed and direction, air temperature and humidity, atmospheric pressure, precipitation, evaporation, solar radiation, visibility and cloud cover in order to collect data for weather forecast or for specific research purposes | 气象研究 (气象要素(例如风速、风向、气温、湿度、大气压、降雨、蒸发、太阳辐射、能见度和云层)的研究，为天气预报或者特定研究目的而收集数据。) |
| Meteorological Research Institute | 日本气象研究所 |
| National Center for Atmospheric Research | 美国国家大气研究中心 |
| National Environmental Research Center | 美国国家环境研究中心 |
| National Environmental Research Council | 英国国家环境研究委员会 |
| Natural Environment Research Council | 英国自然环境研究委员会 |
| nuclear research centre A facility in which scientists and other researchers study the behavior and characteristics of atomic nuclei through testing and other forms of experimentation, often to invent new technology with scientific, medical and industrial purposes | 核研究中心 (一个研究场所，在这里科学家和其他研究人员通过测试和其他形式的实验来研究原子核的行为及其特点，经常发明带有科学、医学和工业用途的新技术。) |
| Office of Atmospheric Research | 美国，国家海洋与大气管理局大气研究局 |
| Oil Pollution Research Unit | 石油污染研究单位 |
| Petroleum Conservation Research Association | 石油资源保护研究会 |
| Petroleum Environmental Research Fund | 美国石油环境研究基金 |
| research centre Place where systematic investigation to establish facts or principles or to collect information on a subject is performed | 研究中心 (一个地点，在这里可以从事系统的研究活动，包括在某个学科领域找到真相或原理，以及搜集信息。) |
| research of the effects Investigation carried out to assess the results deriving from an action or condition; general term applying to many different fields | 对结果的研究 (为评估某项活动或条件的结果进行的调查。是一个在很多领域常用的术语。) |
| research policy | 研究策略 |
| research project Proposal, plan or design containing the necessary information and data for conducting a specific survey | 研究项目 (包含进行特定调查所必需的信息和数据的提案、计划或设计。) |
| scientific research Systematic investigation to establish facts or principles concerning a specific scientific subject | 科学研究 (为了建立覆盖某个科学课题的事实基础或原则而做的系统的研究。) |
| Solid Waste Research Laboratory | 固体废物研究实验室 |
| space research Research involving studies of all aspects of environmental conditions beyond the atmosphere of the earth | 空间研究 (涉及超出了地球大气范围的所有方面的研究。) |
| Water Pollution Research Laboratory | 英国水污染研究实验室 |
| Water Quality Research Council | 美国水质研究委员会 |
| Water Research Association | 英国水质研究协会 |
| world climate research program | 全球气候研究计划 |
