ecology: [19] Interpreted literally, ecology means ‘study of houses’. The word was coined, as ökologie, by the German zoologist Ernst Haeckel in the 1870s, on the basis of Greek oikos (as in economy). This means literally ‘house’, but Haeckel was using it in the wider sense ‘dwelling, habitat’. English adopted the word soon after its coinage, originally in the quasi- Latin form oecology. => economy
1873, oecology, "branch of science dealing with the relationship of living things to their environments," coined in German by German zoologist Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) as Ökologie, from Greek oikos "house, dwelling place, habitation" (see villa) + -logia "study of" (see -logy). In use with reference to anti-pollution activities from 1960s.
双语例句
1. To keep ecology in balance is our duty.
保持生态平衡是我们的职责.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Development has been guided by a concern for the ecology of the area.
该地区的发展以注重生态为指导原则。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The Windermere Golf Club is proof positive that golf and ecology can co-exist in perfect harmony.
温德米尔高尔夫俱乐部证明了高尔夫和生态能完全和谐共存。
来自柯林斯例句
4. He warned of the serious threat to global ecology which is going unheeded.
他警告说，全球生态正面临着严重的威胁，而这种威胁并没有得到重视。
来自柯林斯例句
5. We are reproducing ourselves at such a rate that our numbers threaten the ecology of the planet.
