| 词汇 | overgraze |
| 释义 | overgraze verb[ T ] environment specializeduk /ˌəʊ.vəˈɡreɪz/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈɡreɪz/ to eat too much grass in an area or to have too many animals eating grass in an area, which damages the environment: 过度放牧，过度啃食（植被） The pasture land had little grass on it, indicating that it had been overgrazed.牧场上几乎没有什么草，说明已经过度放牧。 We can keep two ponies in the field, as long as they don't overgraze it. 我们可以在田里养两匹小马，只要它们不啃食过多的草。 See overgrazing Cows will overgraze the area and keep new plants from growing. We move the horses from pasture to pasture so we don't overgraze them. We will no longer let their cattle overgraze our fields. Examples of overgrazeovergraze It was the effect of overgrazing on the fells. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Pressures from overgrazing by livestock and fuel wood collection are also significant problems in the dry tropical forests. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Overgrazing can have a damaging effect on habitat, which we are anxious to arrest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sometimes lack of grazing and scrub control destroy an ecosystem; sometimes overgrazing does the same. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To date, three farmers have had their hill livestock compensatory allowances withheld in whole or in part as a result of overgrazing in 1995–96. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The flat land is overgrazed, the forests have all been cut down and ecological meltdown threatens. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I understand that the heathland is giving way to grassland a good deal and that this, presumably, is from overgrazing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were extensively grazed for about six months; in fact they were overgrazed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is too early to assess the impact of the measures aimed at preventing overgrazing introduced under the current hill livestock compensatory allowances scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He argues that hounds are needed to stop deer overgrazing the same piece of land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A neglected or overgrazed woodland is not only a blot on the landscape but a lost opportunity for the farmer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some suffer from overgrazing while others are insufficiently grazed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, the report is right to point out, in paragraph 5.10, that overgrazing by any animal is detrimental. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Consistently over the centuries and still today they so overgrazed their land that they caused soil erosion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Once the land has been overgrazed by sheep, it becomes sick, and there is then no alternative but to plant trees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of overgraze These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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