overharvesting

IPA/ˌəʊvəhˈɑːvɪstɪŋ/
IPA/ˌoʊvɚhˈɑːɹvɪstɪŋ/

overharvesting — 動詞

1. to take so many crops, fish, or wild plants from a place that the supply cannot

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

濫採；濫捕

把野生資源採捕過量

to take so many crops, fish, or wild plants from a place that the supply cannot recover.

例句

Dewi warned that trawlers were overharvesting squid near the village coast.

Dewi 警告，拖網船正在村子海岸附近濫捕魷魚。

pattern: overharvest + species

Farmers overharvested the mountain herbs before the seeds could spread.

農民在種子還來不及散開前，就把山上的藥草濫採了。

pattern: overharvest + wild plants

同義詞
  • overfish

    used specifically when the resource is fish

  • overexploit

    more formal and broader, covering many natural resources

  • deplete

    focuses on reducing the supply, not on the harvesting action

反義詞

文法句型

overharvest + crop or species

overharvest + forest, lake, or other area

用法筆記

The object is usually a crop, wild plant, animal population, or the area being taken from. Common in environmental reporting, and the passive form often describes land or waters whose natural supply has been badly reduced.

常見錯誤

❌The company overharvested too much.
✅The company overharvested the shellfish beds.
💡this verb normally needs the resource or area as its object.
❌Fishers overharvested from the bay.
✅Fishers overharvested the bay's crab population.
💡the place or species usually comes directly after the verb.