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单词 overharvest
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overharvestn.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈhɑːvᵻst/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈhɑrvəst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, harvest n.
Etymology: < over- prefix + harvest n. Compare slightly earlier overharvesting n.
= overharvesting n.
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1956 Ecology 37 676 There have been more examples of under-harvest than of over-harvest of game in this country.
1981 Amer. Midland Naturalist 105 2 Potential factors responsible for the reduced [mussel] fauna are pollution, overharvest and habitat destruction.
2003 Sunday Oklahoman (Nexis) 2 Mar. 12 c Others think it [sc. a longer season] will result in an overharvest of young bucks.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overharvestv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈhɑːvᵻst/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈhɑrvəst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, harvest v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + harvest v., after overharvesting n. Compare earlier overharvest n. and overfish v., overhunt v.
transitive. To harvest (a population of animals, an ecosystem, etc.) to an excessive degree; to exploit unsustainably. Also (occasionally) intransitive.
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1972 N.Y. Times 10 Sept. 61/3 There has been increasing concern among local residents that perhaps the popular mammal [sc. the porpoise] is being overharvested.
1978 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 9 349 The fishermen were trapped into continuing to overharvest in order to continue making payments for their boats.
1990 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Sept. 24/3 At least half a million acres of..riparian scrublands overharvested by woodcutters, and recreational areas ravaged by off-road vehicles.
1999 M. A. Santos Environmental Crisis ii. 29 Their only option is to overharvest arid and semiarid areas for fuel and food.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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