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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

人类圈

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rén lèi quān

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Anthrosphere/ˈæn.θroʊˌsfɪər/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"人类圈对地球系统的演化产生了深远影响。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The part of the environment that is made or modified by humans for human activities and human habitat.

    "The rapid expansion of the anthrosphere has significantly altered global biochemical cycles."
  2. 2

    The global aggregate of human presence, technological artifacts, urban infrastructure, and socio-economic systems considered as an environmental sphere.

    "Scientists study the interactions between the anthrosphere and the biosphere to better understand climate change."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek words 'anthropos' meaning 'human' and 'sphaira' meaning 'sphere' or 'globe'. Coined in the late 20th century within Earth system science and environmental philosophy to describe that part of the environment modified or created by humans for human habitation, production, and activities.

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