deforestation是什么意思？

deforestation

英[ˌdi:ˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃn] 美[ˌdiˌfɔrɪˈsteɪʃn]

• n. 采伐森林，森林开伐；

例句

• The deforestation dilemma still cries for more commitment , clarity, and vision. 毁林的后果迫切需要更多的资助 、 清醒的头脑和真知灼见.
• Firewood scarity offers the most visible and dramatic example of deforestation's effects. 薪材短缺是毁林后果的最明显和最引人注目的实例.
• One percent of Brazil's total forest cover is being lost every year to deforestation. 由于滥伐，巴西的森林总覆盖面积正在每年减少百分之一。
• Brazil's deforestation rate has dropped astoundingly fast. 因为巴西的森林砍伐率下降之快令人震惊.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  毁掉…的森林;砍伐…的林木
  If an area is deforested, all the trees there are cut down or destroyed.
  例句
  400,000 square kilometres of the Amazon basin have already been deforested. 亚马孙河流域已有40万平方公里的森林遭到滥伐。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the state of being clear of trees
  2. the removal of trees

行业词典

• 法律： 砍伐林木；