| 单词 | balance of nature |
| 释义 | balance of naturenounpopulation equilibrium among organisms and their environments resulting from continuous interaction and interdependency. Origin of balance of natureFirst recorded in 1905–10 Words nearby balance of naturebalanced step, balanced ticket, balanced translocation, balanced valve, balance lug, balance of nature, balance of payments, balance of power, balance of terror, balance of trade, balance pipe Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for balance of naturebalance of nature nounthe stable state in which natural communities of animals and plants exist, maintained by adaptation, competition, and other interactions between members of the communit ies and their nonliving environment Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for balance of naturebalance of nature A concept in ecology that describes natural systems as being in a state of equilibrium, in which disturbing one element disturbs the entire system. The inference is usually drawn that the natural state of any system is the preferred state and that it is best to leave it undisturbed. Modern ecologists no longer believe that a balance of nature exists. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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