單字講座 168:jungle (n) / forest (n)
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叢林和黑猩猩保育大使珍古德博士於今年十月辭世,享壽 91 歲。六月,她最後一次訪台,一席叮嚀言猶在耳。她說:每一天,我們都可以做出正確的選擇,一點一滴累積起來,就能改變世界。話說「叢林」是 jungle 還是 forest 呢?下方說分明。
▍jungle (n) 熱帶叢林 = thick tropical forest
▶ 例 1:熱帶叢林帶來許多危險,例如:毒蛇和攜帶瘧疾病原蟲的蚊子等致命生物,以及熱中暑等環境風險。
A jungle can pose risks from deadly creatures like poisonous snakes and malaria-carrying mosquitoes to environmental hazards like heatstroke.
▍forest (n) 森林
▶ 例 1:聖海倫火山曾是一座安靜、美麗且被森林圍繞的山。
Mount St. Helens had been a quiet, beautiful mountain surrounded by forests.
▍jungle (n) 熱帶叢林 = thick tropical forest
▶ 例 1:熱帶叢林帶來許多危險,例如:毒蛇和攜帶瘧疾病原蟲的蚊子等致命生物,以及熱中暑等環境風險。
A jungle can pose risks from deadly creatures like poisonous snakes and malaria-carrying mosquitoes to environmental hazards like heatstroke.
▍forest (n) 森林
▶ 例 1:聖海倫火山曾是一座安靜、美麗且被森林圍繞的山。
Mount St. Helens had been a quiet, beautiful mountain surrounded by forests.

