climate

英[ˈklaɪmət]美[ˈklaɪmət]

n.气候，氛围，形势；

复数：climates;

例句

In his lecture on geology, he touched on the subject of climate.他在关于地质学的报告中, 也涉及气候问题。

The climate here agrees very well with me.此地的气候很适合我。

I adapted quickly to the new climate.我很快地适应了这种新的气候。

a torrid climate炎热的气候

Strawberries grow best in a cool, moist climate.草莓*适于在凉爽、潮湿的气候条件下生长。

Climate change is a universal problem.气候变化是个世界性的问题。

Some plants will not seed in a cold climate.有些植物在寒冷的气候条件下不能结果实。

a climate inimical to health有害于健康的气候

Hot climate and plentiful rainfall favour the growth of plants.炎热的气候和充足的雨水有助于植物生长。

A hot climate enervates people who are not used to it.热的气候使不习惯于热的人衰弱无力。

英语六级真题

While many birds travelled along well-known routes to warmer climates, others stopped short and spent the winter on landfills, feeding on food waste, and the multitudes of insects that thrive on the dumps.

While alternative estimates of the damage from carbon emissions differ, and it's especially hard to reckon the likely costs of possible catastrophic climate events, most estimates suggest substantial negative effects.

Unless renewables become cheap enough that substantial carbon deposits are left underground for a very long time, if not forever, the planet will likely be exposed to potentially catastrophic climate risks.

Some climate impacts may already be discernible.

Nations from around the world have gathered in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, with the goal of a universal and potentially legally-binding agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Many scientists believe that El Ni o events, caused by warming in the Pacific, are becoming more intense as a result of climate change.

It is urgent for governments to increase the cost of using fossil fuels to an appropriate level to lessen the catastrophic effects of climate change.

Co-author Amy Zanne thinks that users probably range from climate-change researchers wanting to estimate how much carbon is stored in biomass, to foresters looking for information on different grades of timber.

But renewable energy will have to displace fossil fuels to a much greater extent in the future to avoid unacceptable climate risks.

Action to restore appropriate price incentives, notably through corrective carbon pricing, is urgently needed to lower the risk of irreversible and potentially devastating effects of climate change.

The average Norwegian is better off than the average US citizen, but contributes about half as much to climate change.

A case can be made that rich nations export environmental problems, the most graphic example being climate change.

it is unfair to those climate-vulnerable nationsit aims to keep temperature rise below 2 ℃ onlyit is beneficial to only fewer than 4% of countriesit burdens developed countries with the sole responsibilityThey needn't worry about the food and water they consume.

This is vital for climate-vulnerable nations.

They are better able to cope with the global climate change.

There must urgently be a meaningful mobilisation of the policies outlined in the agreement if we are to achieve national emissions reductions while helping the most vulnerable countries adapt to climate change.

The most climate-vulnerable countries in the world have contributed very little to creating the global disease from which they now suffer the most.

The Paris climate agreement finalised in December last year heralded a new era for climate action.

The Paris agreement has been widely hailed as a positive step forward in addressing climate change for all, although the details on addressing climate justice can be best described as sketchy.

Securing these funds, and establishing who is responsible for raising them will also be vital for the future of climate-vulnerable countries.

On the flip side, there are many forced riders, who are suffering from the climate change impacts despite having scarcely contributed to the problem.

Many of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries, the majority of which are African or small island states, produce a very small quantity of emissions.

In other words, a few countries are benefiting enormously from the consumption of fossil fuels, while at the same time contributing disproportionately to the global burden of climate change.

Developed nations such as Australia, the United States, Canada, and European countries are essentially climate free-riders: causing the majority of the problems through high greenhouse gas emissions, while incurring few of the costs such as climate change's impact on food and water.

And it is clearly up to the current generation of leaders from high-emitting nations to decide whether they want to be remembered as climate change tyrants or pioneers.

We should take our future into consideration in making decisions concerning climate change before it is too late.

We need to understand what motivates people, what it is that allows them to make change, says Professor Neil Adger, of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in Norwich.

To find effective solutions to climate change, it is necessary to understand what motivates people to make change.

The road to climate hell is paved with our good intentions.

The power of such simple psychology in fighting climate change is attracting attention across the political establishment.

The passive attitude we have to climate change as individuals can be altered by counting us in — and measuring us against - our peer group.

Recent polls by the Pew Research Centre in Washington, DC, found that 75-80 per cent of participants regarded climate change as an important issue.

Politicians are beginning to realise the importance of enlisting psychologists' help in fighting climate change.

Nick Perks, project director for Climate Solidarity, believes this sort of activity is where the future of environmental action lies.

Despite clear signs of global warming it is not easy for most people to believe climate change will affect their own lives.

By the time we wake up to the threat posed by climate change, it could well be too late.

A retired member of the Public and Commercial Services Union, she is setting up one of 1,100 action groups with the support of Climate Solidarity, a two-year environmental campaign aimed at trade unionists.

Uncommonly severe droughts brought on by global climate changes have led to forest-eating wildfires from Australia to Indonesia, but nowhere more acutely than in the Amazon.

In the meantime, the amount of CO2 in the air is rapidly approaching the limits proposed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

"The project has two sides," says Xavier Serrat, Neurice project manager and researcher at the University of Barcelona,"the short-term fight against the snail, and a mid- to long-term fight against climate change.

"We need to understand what motivates people, what it is that allows them to make change," says Professor Neil Adger, of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in Norwich.

Actually, it has to translate into more urgency to deal with the climate change problem and reduce emissions.

And we also need to plan ahead so that we're in a position to deal with the likely levels of climate change which are already inevitable and even more so too for the levels that are likely if we don't get those global agreements.

As I said, we need to understand the best ways of avoiding climate change and this will involve a huge transition to low-carbon energy systems and the transition is a tremendous priority.

As trees outgrow their ideal habitats in the face of climate change, these flying ecosystem engineers could be a big help in replanting trees.

But today's report is the starkest warning yet of the potentially devastating impact of climate change and human exploitation on the Antarctic's delicate ecosystems.

Champions of this type of regenerative grazing also point to its animal welfare, climate and health benefits: Grass-fed animals live longer out of confinement.

Civilian aviation is being disrupted, not by the age-old desires for speed, romanticism and glamour, but by the pressing need to respond to a changing climate.

Co-author Céline Le Bohec, from the University of Strasbourg in France, warned: "If there're no actions aimed at haling or controlling global warming, and the pace of the current human- induced changes such as climate change and overfishing stays the same

Developed nations such as Australia, the United States, Canada, and European countries are essentially climate "free-riders": causing the majority of the problems through high greenhouse gas emissions, while incurring few of the costs such as climate chan

Earlier this month a separate study found that a combination of climate change and industrial fishing is threatening the krill (磷虾) population in Antarctic waters, with a potentially disastrous impact on whales, seals and penguins.

However, the importance of effective communication with a general audience is not limited to hot issues like climate change.

In the flip side, there are many "forced riders", who are suffering from the climate change impacts despite having scarcely contributed to the problem.

Love, who is director of Weather and disaster risk Reduction at the World Meteorological Organization, says most of the deaths and economic losses were caused by weather, climate, or water-related extremes.

Many scientists believe that El nio events, caused by warming in the Pacific, are becoming more intense as a result of climate change.

nick Perks, project director for Climate Solidarity, believes this sort of activity is where the future of environmental action lies.

Perhaps the most dramatic example of the negative consequences of poor communication between scientists and the public is the issue of climate change, where a variety of factors, not the least of which is a breakdown in the transmission of fundamental cli

Russian and American spacecraft also found hints that its ancient climate might have been wetter, cooler, and possibly, even friendly to life.

Some of our research is to do with the likely impacts of climate change and all of the associated risks.

Sommerkorn says a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming needs to come out of the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit in December.

The Arctic sea ice holds a central position in the Earth's climate system and it's deteriorating faster than expected.

The issue of climate change also illustrates how the public acceptance and understanding of scienceor the lack of it can influence governmental decision-making with regard to regulation, science policy and research funding.

The passive attitude we have to climate change as individuals can be altered by counting us in—and measuring us against—our peer group.

The report, published on Tuesday, comes amid growing concern about the impact of fishing and climate change on the Antarctic.

This is troubling as climbing Arctic temperatures combined with rapid sea ice loss are creating a new type of climate feedback loop, which could accelerate Arctic warming.

Wadhams says there is no easy technological fix to climate change.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-VAR

气候

The climate of a place is the general weather conditions that are typical of it.

例句

N-COUNT

氛围；形势;*势;状况

You can use climate to refer to the general atmosphere or situation somewhere.

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英汉词典释义

n.

气候

气候区

倾向；思潮；风气；环境气氛

英英词典释义

Noun

1. the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time;

2. the prevailing psychological state;

行业词典

地理学： 气候；

大气科学： 气候；以对某一地区气象要素进行长期统计(平均值、方差、极值概率等)为特征的天气状况的综合表现。；

生态学： 气候；一个地区长期平均的天气状况。；

电工： 气候；

航海科技： 气候；