Poach
偷猎
自70年代以来中国南海百分之八十的珊瑚已经破坏殆尽,请看本报昨日的报道:
China has lost 80 percent of its coral reefs in the South China Sea since the 1970s and the region's native coral, mangrove and seaweed bed ecosystems have not been in optimal health for years.
Experts said the poaching of coral could jeopardize the existence of some reefs and islets in the South China Sea.
Addressing a Sunday celebration for the International Day for Biological Diversity, Wang Xiaoqiang, a deputy director at the State Oceanic Administration, said that the biodiversity and biome of the South China Sea has suffered from destruction and degeneration.
报道中的poach就是“偷猎”,poacher是“偷猎者”,poach还有“盗用、水煮”的意思。例如:
The poaching of elephants for ivory is still prevalent in some countries.
有些国家为象牙而偷猎大象的情形依然很严重。
He gets real paranoid someone's going to poach his data.
他总是疑心别人盗用他的数据。
Rather than using an abundance of oil they poach, ferment and smoke their foods.
他们不怎么用油,而是用水煮、发酵和熏制来烹调食物。
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