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单词 over-exploitation
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over-exploitationn.

Brit. /ˌəʊv(ə)rˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, exploitation n.
Etymology: < over- prefix + exploitation n., after over-exploit v.
Excessive exploitation; spec. overuse of natural resources.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > manipulation or exploitation
manipulation1828
exploitation1832
exploitage1864
over-exploitation1916
puppeteering1920
stitch-up1980
1916 Science 18 Aug. 227/2 The crab, shrimp, spiny lobster, are already feeling the effects of over-exploitation.
1940 Sci. Monthly Apr. 296/1 In the older cultivated regions of Southern Rhodesia..overexploitation has destroyed many areas.
1963 Times 6 Feb. 8/7 U. P. Gerasimov and E. K. Fedorov, commenting on over-exploitation of fisheries, alleged that trawlers..‘are ploughing the seas near African and Asian shores in search of fish’.
1990 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Sept. 10/1 The overexploitation of the tropical forests is leading to tremendous losses, both biological and cultural.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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