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单词 Anthropocene
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Definition of Anthropocene in English:

Anthropocene

adjective ˈanθrəpəˌsiːnˈænθrəpəˌsin
  • 1Relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the Anthropocene era, freshwater will be in different places where it exists at all.
    • The Earth has entered the so-called Anthropocene Era—the geological era in which humans are a significant and sometimes dominating environmental force.
    • Human impact on climate has made this the "Anthropocene Age."
    • Well, if we bring extinction events closer to home, there is our very own omnipresent, continually unfolding, late Holocene (or early Anthropocene, according to some) extinction event.
    • The idea that we have already entered an Anthropocene Era exaggerates our impact on the Earth.
    1. 1.1as noun the Anthropocene The Anthropocene period.

Origin

Early 21st century: from anthropo-, on the pattern of Holocene, Pleistocene, etc..

Definition of Anthropocene in US English:

Anthropocene

adjectiveˈanTHrəpəˌsēnˈænθrəpəˌsin
  • 1Relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the Anthropocene era, freshwater will be in different places where it exists at all.
    • The idea that we have already entered an Anthropocene Era exaggerates our impact on the Earth.
    • The Earth has entered the so-called Anthropocene Era—the geological era in which humans are a significant and sometimes dominating environmental force.
    • Well, if we bring extinction events closer to home, there is our very own omnipresent, continually unfolding, late Holocene (or early Anthropocene, according to some) extinction event.
    • Human impact on climate has made this the "Anthropocene Age."
    1. 1.1as noun the Anthropocene The Anthropocene period.

Origin

Early 21st century: from anthropo-, on the pattern of Holocene, Pleistocene, etc..

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