desertification

IPA/dɪˌzɜːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
IPA/dɪˌzɜːrtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/

desertification — 名詞

1. the process in which farmland or other productive land slowly becomes dry and tu

1.名詞B2
釋義

沙漠化

土地因過度使用而變成沙漠的過程

the process in which farmland or other productive land slowly becomes dry and turns into a desert, often because of human activities such as too much farming, the loss of trees, or climate change

例句

Desertification has forced thousands of families in the Gobi region to move to cities in search of work.

沙漠化迫使戈壁地區數千個家庭搬遷到城市找工作。

desertification + force [people] + to [move]

The United Nations report warns that desertification threatens the food supply of over a billion people.

聯合國的報告警告，沙漠化正威脅超過十億人的糧食供應。

desertification + threaten + [food supply]

常見搭配
  • fight desertification
  • combat desertification
  • prevent desertification
  • slow desertification
  • reverse desertification
  • desertification threatens
  • desertification affects
  • desertification spreads
  • cause desertification
  • the spread of desertification
同義詞
  • land degradation

    broader term that includes desertification plus other forms of environmental damage

  • soil erosion

    narrower term referring specifically to the loss of topsoil, which is one part of desertification

反義詞
  • reforestation

    the opposite process — planting trees to restore land

  • land restoration

    the process of returning damaged land to a healthy, productive state

用法筆記

An uncountable noun used mainly in environmental science and news reporting. Commonly appears with verbs like 'fight', 'combat', 'prevent', 'slow', and 'reverse'. The term is broader than 'deforestation' — desertification includes soil degradation, water loss, and vegetation decline.

常見錯誤

Deforestation is turning the land into desert.
Desertification is turning the land into desert.
Deforestation only means cutting down trees; desertification covers the full process of land becoming desert, including soil and water changes.

同根字

  • desert
    名詞A2
  • desert
    動詞B2
  • deserted
    形容詞B1

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • process
  • problem
  • threat
  • spread
  • advance
  • impact
  • effects
  • rate

副詞搭配

  • rapidly
  • gradually
  • increasingly
  • slowly

常用片語

  • the process of desertification
  • the effects of desertification
  • the fight against desertification
  • the spread of desertification

介系詞搭配

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