desertification
荒漠化
常用释义
英音[ dɪˌzɜːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn ]
美音[ dɪˌzɜːrtɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n ]
基本释义
- n. （土壤）荒漠化；沙漠化（等于 desertization）
考试频率
中考
考频：近四年出现2次
- n.沙漠化
例句
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1·A third of Africa is under threat of desertification.三分之一的非洲大陆面临着荒漠化的威胁。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·If we continue to destroy forests, land desertification will be an inevitable result.如果我们继续破坏森林的话，土地沙漠化将会是必然的结果。
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3·The expansion of desert-like conditions into areas where they did not previously exist is called desertification.沙漠化是指类似沙漠的生态环境扩张到原本并没有沙漠的区域。
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4·There is little doubt, however, that desertification in most areas results primarily from human activities rather than natural processes.然而，几乎毫无疑问，大多数地区的沙漠化主要是由于人类活动而不是自然过程造成的。
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5·Desertification is accomplished primarily through the loss of stabilizing natural vegetation and the subsequent accelerated erosion of the soil by wind and water.起到稳定作用的自然植被不断减少，随后土壤受风雨的侵蚀加速，就成为了沙漠化的主要成因。
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6·Four specific activities have been identified as major contributors to the desertification processes: overcultivation, overgrazing, firewood gathering, and overirrigation.导致沙漠化的主要因素有四个：过度种植、过度放牧、过度砍伐、过度灌溉。
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7·Those green trees prevent desertification, make the air cleaner and protect people from the hot sun.那些绿色的树木防止荒漠化，使空气更清新，保护人们免受烈日的暴晒。
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8·Instead of enjoying a relaxing life, he volunteered to save the soil from desertification by planting trees in Korla, Xinjiang.他没有享受轻松的生活，而是志愿在新疆库尔勒植树，拯救土地免于荒漠化。
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9·During the dry periods that are common phenomena along the desert margins, the pressure on the land is often far in excess of its diminished capacity, and desertification results.在沙漠边缘地区常有的旱季，土地所受的压力往往远超其被削弱的承受能力，沙漠化因此发生。
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10·Climate change is inter-linked with other global environmental problems such as deforestation, desertification and freshwater degradation.气候变化与森林砍伐、荒漠化和淡水退化等其他全球环境问题相互关联。
同根词
词根：
desert