biodiversity [,bai?udai'v?:siti]

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生物多樣性（名詞，生物學(xué)術(shù)語）

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(noun, BIOLOGY) The relative number of plant and animal species, at either genetic, organism, community, or ecosystem levels. (NOTE Also “biological diversity”)

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EXAMPLE: The loss of biodiversity in a region reduces the ability of the ecosystem in that region to recover from either human-induced or natural disasters.

一個地區(qū)生物多樣性的喪失，降低了該地區(qū)生態(tài)系統(tǒng)從人為或自然的災(zāi)難中恢復(fù)的能力。

sweetheart deal

私下簽訂的偏心交易

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An inappropriate agreement that unfairly gives advantage to a friend over other equally qualified contenders.

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EXAMPLE: The company's boss secretly made a sweetheart deal with a product supplier to whom he owed favors, although that supplier's products were inferior to those of many others.

公司老板和一家他欠有人情的產(chǎn)品供應(yīng)商私下簽訂了協(xié)議，盡管這家供應(yīng)商的產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量比其他供應(yīng)商差。