[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]生态学Ecology is the study of the relationships between plants, animals, people, and their environment, and the balances between these relationships.
...a senior lecturer in ecology.
生态学高级讲师
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[N-VAR 可变名词]生态（环境）；生态系统 When you talk about the ecology of a place, you are referring to the pattern and balance of relationships between plants, animals, people, and the environment in that place.
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...the ecology of the rocky Negev desert in Israel.
以色列多岩石的内盖夫沙漠生态系统
...the extinction of the marshes' unique ecology...
湿地独特生态的消亡
Global ecological efforts can easily be at odds with local ecologies.
全球性生态保护工作很可能会和地方生态系统存在矛盾。
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ecol·ogy/iˈkɒlədʒi; NAmEiˈkɑːlədʒi/noun[uncountable ]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 ecologyof the coral reefs. 石油污染可能破坏珊瑚礁脆弱的生态环境。ecologyecologiesecol·ogy/iˈkɒlədʒi; NAmEiˈkɑːlədʒi/
the way in which plants, animals, and people are related to each other and to their environment, or the scientific study of this → environment: the natural ecology of the Earth plant ecologyCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + ecologyfragile (=weak or damaged, and in danger of being destroyed completely)· Exploring for oil will damage the island’s fragile ecology.plant/animal ecology (=the animals, plants etc that live in a particular place)· a new book about the plant ecology of this fascinating areamarine ecology (=in the sea)· Not much is known about the marine ecology of the Red Sea.rainforest ecology (=in a tropical rain forest)· a new study of rainforest ecology
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