ecological
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++e·co·lo·gi·cal /ˌiːkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl◂ $ -ˈlɑː-/ ●●○ adjective [only before noun] 1 SGEconnected with the way plants, animals, and people are related to each other and to their environment 生态的 → environmental an ecological disaster 生态灾难2 SGESSOinterested in preserving the environment 主张生态保护的 → environment ecological groups 生态保护组织 —ecologically /-kli/ adverb5 an ecologically sound production process一种对生态无害的生产过程n This method of growing crops is effective and ecologically sound (=not likely to harm the environment).
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ecological• Each team works in 3 villages of a chosen ecological and cultural region, with 8 months in each of the villages.• The government is to provide incentives for people to protect natural ecological assets such as forests.• There are warnings that the building of the dam will upset the ecological balance of the river basin.• As dump opponents had feared, it explicitly sidesteps many of the ecological concerns raised last fall by Park Service scientists.• Rampart Dam, however, was an ecological disaster probably with-out precedent in the world.• This recognition has had a major impact, not only in the ecological field but also in that of Earth Mysteries.• We could conceivably escape disaster, but we seem destined, absent real change, for ecological impoverishment.• Previous studies have assessed the amenity role of countryside open-spaces using separate ecological, landscape and recreational criteria.• Ecotopian biotechnology on the contrary would possess an infrastructure based firstly on ecological rationality and secondarily on an economic basis.• But in ecological terms, something catastrophic had occurred.e·co·lo·gi·cal adjectiveLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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ecological
e‧co‧lo‧gi‧cal /ˌiːkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl◂ $ -ˈlɑː-/
adjective [only before noun]
1. connected with the way plants, animals, and people are related to each other and to their environment ⇨ environmental:
an ecological disaster
2. interested in preserving the environment ⇨ environment:
ecological groups
—ecologically /-kli/ adverb:
an ecologically-sound production process
e‧co‧lo‧gi‧cal /ˌiːkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl◂ $ -ˈlɑː-/
adjective [only before noun]1. connected with the way plants, animals, and people are related to each other and to their environment ⇨ environmental:
2. interested in preserving the environment ⇨ environment:
—ecologically /-kli/ adverb: