| 单词 | human ecology |
| 释义 | > as lemmashuman ecology human ecology n. the study of the interrelationship between humans and their environment; spec. (a) Sociology = ecology n. 1b; (b) study of or concern about the effects of human activity on the physical environment (cf. ecology n. 2). ΚΠ 1907 E. H. Richards Sanitation in Daily Life p. v Human ecology is the study of the surroundings of human beings in the effects they produce on the lives of men. 1933 H. G. Wells Shape of Things to Come i. §12. 111 Of human ecology he betrays no knowledge. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 29 b/1 Other aspects of general ecology are animal ecology, human ecology and bio~ecology, which is defined provisionally as the ecology of plant and animal interrelations. 1965 New Scientist 28 Jan. 208/3 The tag for the necessary science is ‘human ecology’—the comprehensive investigation of the effects of our environment on our well-being. 1995 Amer. Scientist Sept. 492/2 Human ecology, as a focus in anthropology, has experienced such wide swings in popularity. I welcome its return. This newer approach to human ecology is called ‘historical ecology’ or ‘landscape history’. < as lemmas |
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