ecologist

/iˈkɒlədʒɪst/ (bre, ipa) · /iˈkɑːlədʒɪst/ (ame, ipa)

ecologist — 名詞

1. a scientist whose job is to study how living things — like animals, plants, and

1.名詞B2
釋義

生態學家

研究生物與環境關係的科學家

a scientist whose job is to study how living things — like animals, plants, and tiny organisms — share space and depend on each other in a forest, river, ocean, or other natural area.

例句

Rafael works as an ecologist counting frogs in the rainforest near his village.

Rafael 是位生態學家，工作是在他村莊附近的雨林裡計算青蛙數量。

work as a/an + [profession]

A team of ecologists is studying how tigers and farmers can share the same valley.

一組生態學家正在研究老虎和農夫如何共享同一個山谷。

a team of ecologists is/are + [study activity]

同義詞
  • biologist

    broader; studies any living thing, not only their relationships with the environment.

  • environmental scientist

    wider field; includes pollution, soil, and climate as well as living things.

  • naturalist

    more old-fashioned; observes plants and animals in the wild but may not do formal research.

文法句型

a/the ecologist

ecologists at + institution

用法筆記

Often modified by the kind of environment the scientist studies: 'marine ecologist' (sea), 'forest ecologist', 'wildlife ecologist', 'urban ecologist' (cities). Don't confuse with 'environmentalist', which describes a person who campaigns to protect nature but does not have to be a scientist.

常見錯誤

❌My uncle is an ecologist who plants trees on weekends to save the planet.
✅My uncle is an environmentalist who plants trees on weekends to save the planet.
💡without scientific training, the right word is 'environmentalist'.
❌She studies ecologist at university.
✅She studies ecology at university.
💡the subject is 'ecology'; the person is 'ecologist'.