the relation of plants and living creatures to each other and to their environment; the study of this 生态;生态学 plant/animal/human ecology 植物/动物/人类生态学 the ecology movement 生态保护运动 Oil pollution could damage the fragile ecology of the coral reefs. 石油污染可能破坏珊瑚礁脆弱的生态环境。 All ecologies on earth are heavily shaped by human activity. 地球上所有的生态都是由人类活动塑造的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fragile
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- damage
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- movement
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Word Originlate 19th cent. (originally as oecology): from Greek oikos ‘house’ + -logy.