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ecosystem

/ee-koh-sis-tuhm, ek-oh-/US // ˈi koʊˌsɪs təm, ˈɛk oʊ- //UK // (ˈiːkəʊˌsɪstəm, ˈɛkəʊ-) //

生态系统,生态体系,生态圈,生态环境

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Ecology. a system, or a group of interconnected elements, formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment: Aquatic ecosystems differ radically from their terrestrial counterparts.
    • : any system or network of interconnecting and interacting parts, as in a business: The success of Apple’s ecosystem depends on hardware/software integration.Manufacturers, retailers, and customers are all part of the automotive industry’s ecosystem.

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  • These things need to be done within a broader ecosystem, not just within a country but across the globe.

  • That burgeoning battleground “looks like what we saw in the early ’90s with the beginning of the cable ecosystem,” said one media executive.

  • Yet “parasites are so incredibly diverse” and influence a host species so much they can essentially “run ecosystems,” he says.

  • A digital ecosystem that does not rely on third-party cookies is approaching — with Google’s Chrome deadline for retiring third-party cookies looming and iOS 14 on its way.

  • That complexity highlights the task ahead for researchers trying to anticipate changes across ocean ecosystems as the waters warm, says Lewis Barnett, a Seattle-based NOAA fish biologist, who was not involved in the study.

  • From the looks of it, mistletoe is a keystone species and plays a crucial role in that forest ecosystem.

  • Experts generally consider known mortality to represent about half of actual grizzly bear deaths for the ecosystem.

  • Bats are crucial to the ecosystem, performing extremely valuable jobs like pollination and insect control.

  • Even in the most sophisticated echelons of the media ecosystem, the fix was in.

  • Over the next decade, the RETs wreaked havoc on the ecosystem, eating ducklings, small water birds, and other amphibians.

  • Familiarity with the biological components of an ecosystem is essential to meaningful radiobiological assessment.

  • Often little or no data are available to indicate the previous state of the ecosystem or the rate of degradation.

  • In some areas, nomads moving to less arid areas disrupt the local ecosystem and increase the rate of erosion of the land.

  • In these marginal areas, human activity may stress the ecosystem beyond its tolerance limit, resulting in degradation of the land.