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conservancy

noun
🔊/kənˈsɜːvənsi/
🔊/kənˈsɜːrvənsi/
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  1. Conservancy
     [singular + singular or plural verb] a group of officials who control the use of a port, a river, an area of land, etc.（港口、河流、地区等的）管理机构
    • the Thames Conservancy泰晤士河管理委员会
    • Texas Nature Conservancy得克萨斯州自然资源管理委员会
  2. [uncountable] (formal) the protection of the natural environment（对自然环境的）保护 synonym conservation
    • nature conservancy自然环境的保护
    Topics The environmentc2
    3. Word Originmid 18th cent.: alteration of obsolete conservacy, from Anglo-Norman French conservacie, via Anglo-Latin from Latin conservatio, from the verb conservare ‘to preserve’, from con- ‘together’ + servare ‘to keep’.