over-exploitation
noun [ U ] (also overexploitation) /ˌəʊ.vər.ek.splɔɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ /ˌoʊ.vɚ.ek.splɔɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
过度开发，过度利用（尤指自然资源）
the act of using too much of something, especially a natural resource (= minerals, forests, coal, etc. that exist in a place and can be used by people)
Man's over-exploitation of the earth's resources has led to more and more people starving to death.
Cod stocks have plummeted through overexploitation by fisheries. 由于渔业的过度开发，鳕鱼数量已经急剧下降。
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- Over-exploitation has wiped out some species.
- How can we use this common resource without over-exploitation?
- Many conflicts are about diminishing land, driven by overexploitation of natural resources.
- Commercial over-exploitation of land and global climate change may encourage the spread of the fungus.
- Great white sharks are actually very vulnerable to overexploitation.