ecosystem

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n. 生态系统 [医] 生态系

发音

UK /ˈiːkəʊˌsɪstəm/
US /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/

词形变化

ecosystems 复数 ecosystems

教材释义与例句

名词

生态系统

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.

    生态系

    生态系统

  2. 2.

    The interconnectedness of organisms (plants, animals, microbes) with each other and their environment.

  3. 3.

    A network of interconnected people, organizations, products or services that resembles a natural ecosystem due to the complex interdependencies.

    引申义

    The company’s ecosystem mainly comprises its supply chain, customers, end consumers and competitors.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

system scheme

相关短语

ecosystem engineer ecosystem engineers

词源

From eco- + system. Coined by English botanist Arthur Tansley in 1935 in a paper titled The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts in the journal Ecology.

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