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ecology

noun
🔊/iˈkɒlədʒi/
🔊/iˈkɑːlədʒi/
 [uncountable, countable]
(plural ecologies)
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  1. the relation of plants and living creatures to each other and to their environment; the study of this生态；生态学
    • plant/animal/human ecology植物／动物／人类生态学
    • the ecology movement生态保护运动
    • Oil pollution could damage the fragile ecology of the coral reefs.石油污染可能破坏珊瑚礁脆弱的生态环境。🔊🔊
    • All ecologies on earth are heavily shaped by human activity.地球上的所有生态都受到人类活动的严重影响。
    Topics The environmentb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fragile
    • natural
    • animal
    • …
    verb + ecology
    • damage
    • disrupt
    • study
    • …
    ecology + noun
    • movement
    • research
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    Word Originlate 19th cent. (originally as oecology): from Greek oikos ‘house’ + -logy.