geoscience

IPA/ˈdʒiːəʊsaɪəns/
IPA/ˈdʒiːəʊsaɪəns/

geoscience — 名詞

1. any academic field that studies the physical structure, materials, or history of

1.名詞C1
釋義

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.

例句

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

常見搭配
  • a degree in geoscience
  • the geosciences
  • applied geoscience
  • geoscience research
同義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

I want to study geosciences in the high school.
I want to study geoscience in high school.
drop the article before 'high school' and prefer the singular for a school subject.

同根字

  • geoscientist
    名詞C1
  • geology
    名詞B2
  • geological
    形容詞B2
  • geophysics
    名詞C1
  • geochemistry
    名詞C1

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • geoscience department
  • geoscience research
  • geoscience degree
  • geoscience programme

常用片語

  • a career in geoscience
  • the field of geoscience
  • the geosciences

介系詞搭配

  • in geoscience
  • of geoscience