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| Processed by: | richwarm (2021-05-30 03:42:20 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 68583 - submitted by 'sl89' >> Cf. 生态环境游, in the dictionary This really is 生态+环境 but since it appears in most Chinese dictionaries and is a specific concept, I think it might be considered useful. Submitting to your consideration, I'm not sure I would add it myself. 【Wenlin】 n. ecosystem; environment 【Pleco】 ecological environment 【LAC】 生物和影响其生存、发展的条件因素所构成的环境或状态。生物因素包括动物、植物、微生物等，非生物因素包括大气、阳光、水分、土壤等，它们相互关联及影响，共同对生物发挥作用。 【MoE】 地球上的各種生物彼此會相互影響，而生物和環境之間也會發生相互作用，這些現象所構成的環境即稱為「生態環境」。如：「文明社會的各種汙染，導致生態環境日益惡化，也影響了人類的生存空間。」 “干旱一堆洪湖的生态环境造成了巨大的破坏，”他说。 "The drought has done considerable damage to the ecological environment of Honghu Lake," he said 第十九条开发利用自然资源，必须采取措施保护生态环境。 Article 19. Measures must be taken to protect the ecological environment while natural resources are being developed or utilized. 很快智利就会面a临促进经济增长与保护生态环境的冲突矛盾。 Chile will soon face a conflict between promoting economic growth and protecting the environment. 他赞扬了一些中资企业构建“云”平台或生态环境的努力，比如阿里巴巴和腾讯。 He did applaud efforts by some Chinese companies to build platforms, or 'ecosystems,' in the 'cloud,' like Alibaba and Tencent. 塔里木河和黑河经综合治理，挽救了濒临崩溃的下游生态环境。 The comprehensive realignment of Tarim and Heihe rivers has saved the ecological environment on their lower reaches that was on the brink of collapse. --------------------------------------- Editor: The top 10 Google results for "ecological environment" include several China-related links. When I see China-related results high up in the results for an English term apparently lacking any specific relationship to China, I get suspicious. I would say the term "ecological environment", while not incorrect, has an unidiomatic, Chinglish flavour. It appears in dictionary definitions of 生态环境, sure, but it's a very literal, rather than natural, translation of 生态环境. There are 74 instances of 生態環境 in TP (several quoted below), but "ecological environment" only appears 4 times in the English translations of those sentences. The problem arises because in both Chinese and English, the word (环境 / "environment") is a broad term, used in expressions like 投資環境 (investment environment), for example. So in order to narrow the context, it's sometimes necessary to use longer terms like 生態環境 or 自然環境 rather than just 環境. But in English, typical disambiguated terms corresponding to 生態環境 are "its ecology" or "the natural environment" etc., ... But as for "ecological environment"? Not so much. TP 都是不利生態環境的錯誤方法。 it would represent a waste and damage to the ecology. 生態環境是最真實的有機檢驗者， The most tangible test of organic farming is the condition of the natural environment. 如何在整建中平衡兼顧產曬與生態環境？ to balance productivity with environmental awareness; 並不能為了吸引投資，而犧牲了社會的公平性、犧牲了生態環境。 We also have to look seriously at environmental protection. We cannot sacrifice social equality and our environment for the sake of attracting investment. 除了在溪床操車會破壞河川生態環境， Apart from disrupting the river ecologies, |
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# 生態環境 生态环境 [sheng1 tai4 huan2 jing4] /ecological environment/ + 生態環境 生态环境 [sheng1 tai4 huan2 jing4] /ecosystem/natural environment/ |