overfish

IPA/ˌəʊvəˈfɪʃ/
IPA/ˌəʊvərˈfɪʃ/

overfish — 動詞

  • overfishpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • overfisheshe / she / it
  • overfishedpast simple
  • overfishing-ing form

1. to catch so many fish from a particular area or of a particular kind that the re

1.動詞及物 / 不及物C1
釋義

過度捕撈

捕撈過量導致魚群難以回復

to catch so many fish from a particular area or of a particular kind that the remaining population can no longer recover at a healthy level.

例句

Local communities warned that commercial trawlers were overfishing the coast around their island.

當地居民警告，商業拖網船正在過度捕撈他們小島周圍的海岸。

transitive: overfish + [body of water]

Bluefin tuna has been so heavily overfished that some governments now restrict the annual catch.

黑鮪魚被嚴重過度捕撈，某些國家政府現在已開始限制年度捕獲量。

passive: be overfished

常見搭配
  • overfish the seas
  • overfish a species
  • severely overfished
  • heavily overfished
  • commercially overfished
同義詞
  • deplete

    more general; can refer to any resource, not only fish

  • overharvest

    broader term covering plants and animals taken from the wild

  • overexploit

    formal; emphasises long-term damage to a natural resource

反義詞
  • conserve

    to protect a fish population from being reduced

  • restock

    to add fish back into waters that have been emptied

文法句型

overfish + [body of water]

overfish + [species]

用法筆記

Frequently passive when the subject is the species or the fishing ground (e.g. 'the stocks have been overfished'). Active voice usually takes a fishing fleet, country, or industry as the subject, not an individual angler.

常見錯誤

Ziad overfished one salmon from the lake.
The fleet overfished salmon stocks in the lake.
'overfish' describes catching too many fish over time, not a single catch.
The pond was overfished by a single tourist last weekend.
The pond was overfished by the rental boats over many years.
the verb implies sustained pressure, not a one-off event.

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常用片語

  • overfish the oceans
  • overfish to extinction

介系詞搭配

  • overfish in
  • overfish for