温室效应

溫室效應

wēnshì xiàoyìng

noun

Meanings

HSK 5

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.

HSK 6

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.

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