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sequestration

/ˌsiːkwɪˈstreɪʃən/· noun

气候/科学C1

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Chinese meaning

封存;碳封存

将jiāng某mǒu物wù隔gé离lí、扣kòu押yā或huò长cháng期qī封fēng储chǔ的de过guò程chéng

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海hǎi洋yáng吸xī收shōu并bìng储chǔ存cún大dà气qì中zhōng二èr氧yǎng化huà碳tàn的de过guò程chéng

Example

Scientists used them to monitor and understand marine heatwaves and coastal flooding, assess ocean acidification, measure carbon sequestration and study deep-ocean ecosystems.

科学家们用这些仪器来监测和了解海洋热浪与沿海洪涝，评估海洋酸化程度，测量碳封存量，并研究深海生态系统。

Source: Earth.org

Background ✎

气qì候hòu/科kē学xué — 海hǎi洋yáng观guān测cè仪yí器qì被bèi撤chè除chú报bào道dào，科kē学xué家jiā曾céng用yòng其qí测cè量liáng碳tàn封fēng存cún，呼hū吁yù保bǎo留liú该gāi网wǎng络luò

Roots · etymology

源自晚期拉丁语 sequestrātiō，从 sequestrō（委托第三方保管）演变而来

  • sequester（隔离封存；来自拉丁 sequester 保管人）+ -ation（名词后缀，表行为或过程）

Collocations

  • carbon sequestration / carbon capture and sequestration / sequestration capacity

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