geoscience
/ˈdʒiːəʊsaɪəns/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdʒiːəʊsaɪəns/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌjē-ō-ˈsī-ən(t)s/ (ame, mw)
geoscience — 名詞
1. any academic field that studies the physical structure, materials, or history of
地球科學
研究地球結構、組成與歷史的學科總稱
any academic field that studies the physical structure, materials, or history of the Earth — for example, geology, which looks at rocks and the layers under the ground, or geochemistry and geophysics, which study what the Earth is made of and how it moves.
Aarav chose geoscience as his major because he loved climbing volcanoes as a child.
Aarav 選擇地球科學作為主修，因為他小時候喜歡爬火山。
subject area in academic study: major in geoscience
The university opened a new geoscience building next to the chemistry labs last autumn.
去年秋天，這所大學在化學實驗室旁邊開了一棟新的地球科學大樓。
institutional collocation: geoscience department / building / programme
Many advances in oil and water exploration come from research in the geosciences.
石油與水資源探勘的許多進展，都來自地球科學領域的研究。
Hiro spent ten years in geoscience before moving into climate policy work.
Hiro 在地球科學界待了十年，後來轉去做氣候政策的工作。
Schools in coastal towns often add basic geoscience lessons about earthquakes and tides.
沿海城鎮的學校經常會加開基礎地球科學課程，介紹地震與潮汐。
- earth science
near-identical meaning; more common in everyday writing, while 'geoscience' is preferred in university and industry contexts.
- geology
narrower — geology is one branch of geoscience, focused on rocks and the Earth's solid layers.
文法句型
the geosciences
a branch of geoscience
用法筆記
Frequently appears in the plural form 'the geosciences' when naming the family of related fields (geology, geophysics, geochemistry, oceanography). Subject is usually an institution, a programme of study, or a researcher.