Deforestation is the cutting or burning away of a forest, so the land is no longer covered in trees — or the name for that process as it happens across a region. It is the noun that matches the verb deforest.

DeforestationDeforestation is the cutting or burning away of a forest指的是把一片森林砍掉或燒掉 so the land is no longer covered in trees讓那塊土地不再被樹木覆蓋 — or the name for that process as it happens across a region或者也指這個過程在一個地區發生的整體現象。 It is the noun that matches the verb deforest它是動詞deforest對應的名詞

Reports use it for the Amazon, for Southeast Asia, for anywhere woods are cleared for farms, palm oil, cattle, mines, or cities. Though actually, writers stretch it: a photo of one cleared hill may be called deforestation, and so may a decades-long national trend.

Reports use it報導會用這個字 for the Amazon, for Southeast Asia來講亞馬遜、東南亞 for anywhere woods are cleared for farms, palm oil, cattle, mines, or cities或任何為了農地、棕櫚油、養牛、礦場或城市而清除森林的地方。 Though actually不過事實上 writers stretch it作者也會延伸這個用法： a photo of one cleared hill may be called deforestation一張拍到一座山丘被清空的照片，可能被稱為deforestation and so may a decades-long national trend一個延續數十年的全國性趨勢，也可能被稱為deforestation

The feeling is almost always bad in modern news — lost animals, more carbon in the air, soil that washes away — even though people have cleared woods for farms for thousands of years.

The feeling is almost always bad in modern news在現代新聞裡，這個字給人的感覺幾乎總是負面的 — lost animals, more carbon in the air, soil that washes away動物失去家園、空氣中的碳變多、土壤被沖走 — even though people have cleared woods for farms for thousands of years即使人們為了農地而清除森林這件事，已經做了好幾千年

It is a formal, school-and-news word. In casual talk someone might just say they cut down the trees.

It is a formal, school-and-news word這是一個正式、常出現在學校和新聞裡的字。 In casual talk在比較隨性的對話裡 someone might just say they cut down the trees有人可能就直接說他們把樹砍了

First written in this form in 1870; the pieces are older.

First written in this form in 1870這個字的完整形式第一次出現在1870年的文獻裡； the pieces are older不過組成它的字根更古老