biodiversity
英 [,baɪə(ʊ)daɪ'vɜːsɪtɪ]
美 [,baɪodaɪ'vɝsəti]
助记提示
1、di- "apart" + vers- + -ity.
2、含义：turn to different ways, turn to many or various by separate or apart.
3、该词在拉丁语中其实就是divert的过去分词，也就是说它来源于divert的拉丁语对应词的过去分词。由此取形容词词性并引申出如今的含义。
4、含义：quality of being diverse.
5、bio- + diversity.
英文词源
- biodiversity (n.)
- also bio-diversity, by 1988, from bio- + diversity.
双语例句
- 1. Their commitment was only to maintain the extent of forests, not their biodiversity.
- 他们仅承诺维持现有森林面积，并不保证林区生物的多样性。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Biodiversity was the buzzword of the Rio Earth Summit.
- 生物多样性是里约热内卢地球峰会上的时髦词儿。
来自辞典例句
- 3. Great progress has been made in protection of biodiversity.
- 生物多样性保护取得重大进展.
来自互联网
- 4. This implies that the total biodiversity of the Weddell Sea is enormous.
- 这意味着,威德尔海的生物多样性在总体上来说是异常丰富的.
来自互联网
- 5. Butterflies are indicators of the biodiversity of our natural environment.
- 蝴蝶是自然环境中生物多样性的重要指标.
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