biodiversity
英 [,baɪə(ʊ)daɪ'vɜːsɪtɪ]
美 [,baɪodaɪ'vɝsəti]
助記提示
1、di- "apart" + vers- + -ity.
2、含義:turn to different ways, turn to many or various by separate or apart.
3、該詞在拉丁語中其實就是divert的過去分詞,也就是說它來源於divert的拉丁語對應詞的過去分詞。由此取形容詞詞性並引申出如今的含義。
4、含義:quality of being diverse.
5、bio- + diversity.
英文詞源
- biodiversity (n.)
- also bio-diversity, by 1988, from bio- + diversity.
雙語例句
- 1. Their commitment was only to maintain the extent of forests, not their biodiversity.
- 他們僅承諾維持現有森林麵積,並不保證林區生物的多樣性。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Biodiversity was the buzzword of the Rio Earth Summit.
- 生物多樣性是裏約熱內盧地球峰會上的時髦詞兒。
來自辭典例句
- 3. Great progress has been made in protection of biodiversity.
- 生物多樣性保護取得重大進展.
來自互聯網
- 4. This implies that the total biodiversity of the Weddell Sea is enormous.
- 這意味著,威德爾海的生物多樣性在總體上來說是異常豐富的.
來自互聯網
- 5. Butterflies are indicators of the biodiversity of our natural environment.
- 蝴蝶是自然環境中生物多樣性的重要指標.
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