温室效应

溫室效應

wēnshì xiàoyìng

noun

Meanings

二氧化碳排放加剧了温室效应。

Èryǎnghuàtàn páifàng jiājù le wēnshì xiàoyìng.

Carbon dioxide emissions intensify the greenhouse effect.

温室效应导致全球气温持续升高。

Wēnshì xiàoyìng dǎozhì quánqiú qìwēn chíxù shēnggāo.

The greenhouse effect causes global temperatures to keep rising.

memory

温室 = warm room = greenhouse. 效应 = effect. The Chinese term is a direct calque of the English scientific concept.

Standard science and news register. Related terms: 碳排放 (carbon emissions), 碳中和 (carbon neutrality), 碳达峰 (carbon peak).

温 wēn

室 shì

效 xiào

应 yīng