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1. Migrate: (v) When an animal migrates, it travels to a different place, usually when the season changes

※migratory (adj)

2. Monarch: (n) a king or queen

3. Peril: (n) great danger, or something that is very dangerous

4. Mar: (v) to spoil something, making it less perfect or less enjoyable

5. Milkweed: 乳草

6. Genetic: (adj) belonging or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) received by each animal or plant from its parents

※genetically (adv)

7. Herbicide: (n) a chemical which is used to destroy plants, especially weeds.

   (中文:除草劑)

8. Round-up: (n) a bringing together of people, animals, things, etc.

  ((在此為一個除草劑的品牌名稱))

9. Eradicate: (v) to get rid of completely or destroy something bad

10. Imperil: (v) to put something or someone at risk or in danger of being harmed or destroyed

11. Spectacular: (adj) very exciting to look at

12. Larva: (n) a form of an insect or an animal such as a frog that has left its egg but is not yet completely developed (中文:幼蟲)

    ※    Larvae: 複數   ※larval (adj)

13. Preliminary: (adj) coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing for it

14. Dispute: (n) an argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a common border

15. Deprive: (v) to take something, especially something necessary or pleasant, away from someone

16. Habitat: (n) the natural environment in which an animal or plant usually lives

17. Virtually: (adv) almost

18. Conservation: (n) the protection of plants and animals, natural areas, and interesting and important structures and buildings, especially from the damaging effects of human activity

19. Proxy: (n) authority given to a person to act for someone else, such as by voting for them in an election, or the person who this authority is given to

20. Attribute: (v) a quality or characteristic that someone or something has

    ※    Attribute sth to sb/sth : to say or think that something is the result or work of something or someone else

21. Impetus: (n) something which encourages a particular activity or makes that activity more energetic or effective

22. Sustainable: (adj) ((中文: 能保持在一定水平的))

      1.      able to continue over a period of time

      2.      causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time

23. census: (n) a count for official purposes, especially one to count the number of people living in a country and to collect information about them

24. recoup: (v) to get back money that you have spent or lost

25. bacterial: (adj) caused by, made from, or relating to bacteria ((中文:細菌的;細菌引起的))

26. withstand: (v) to bear or not be changed by something, or to oppose a person or thing successfully

27. generic: (adj)

      1.      shared by, typical of or relating to a whole group of similar things, rather than to any particular thing

      2.      generic drugs or other products do not have a brand name or trademark, therefore any company can manufacture them

28. equivalent: (adj) having the same amount, value, purpose, qualities, etc

29. emerge: (v) to appear by coming out of something or out from behind something

30. biodiversity: (n) the number and types of plant and animal species that exist in a particular environmental area or in the world generally, or the problem of protecting this ((bio- :字根意思為”生命”相關))

31. sheer: (adj) used to emphasize how very great, important or powerful a quality or feeling is; nothing except

32. hatch: (v) to (cause an egg to) break in order to allow a young animal to come out

33. implore: (v) to ask someone to do or not do something in a very sincere, emotional and determined way

※    biotechnology company: 生技公司

※    ecologist: 生態學家  ((eco- 字根為”生態”)

※    biology: 生物學 ;  biologist:生物學家

※    entomologist: 昆蟲學家

※    Armageddon: 世界末日(國際間的)大決戰

glyphosate: is a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide used to kill weeds, especially annual broadleaf weeds and grasses known to compete with crops grown widely across the Midwest of the United States. ((中文: 嘉磷塞, 作用：除草劑。))