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overfish

/ˌoʊvɚfˈɪʃ/ verb

To fish (an area or a species) excessively, often substantially reducing over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area.

Word Origin Overfish means to fish too much, depleting the stock. It combines over 'beyond' and fish, from Old English fisc. The over prefix appears in many verbs like overdo, overeat, and overflow — all meaning to exceed. The same fish root gives us fisher, fishery, and fishy. Overfishing is a modern concern, but the word formation is ancient.

verb To fish (an area or a species) excessively, often substantially reducing over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area.

If we continue to overfish these waters, there will be no cod left for future generations.

(动词) 过度捕捞

如果我们继续在这些水域过度捕捞，后代将无鳕鱼可捕。

(verbo) Pescar (un área o una especie) excesivamente, a menudo reduciendo sustancialmente durante varios años la oferta de una o más especies de peces en un área.

Si seguimos sobrepescando estas aguas, no quedará bacalao para las generaciones futuras.

(verbe) surpêcher; pêcher de manière excessive [Pêcher de manière excessive dans une zone ou une espèce donnée, au point d'en réduire considérablement les stocks sur plusieurs années.]

Si nous continuons à overfish ces eaux, il ne restera plus de morue pour les générations futures.

(Verb) überfischen [Ein Gebiet oder eine Fischart durch übermäßigen Fischfang so stark ausbeuten, dass der Bestand über Jahre hinweg deutlich verringert wird.]

Wenn wir diese Gewässer weiterhin **overfish**, wird es für zukünftige Generationen keinen Kabeljau mehr geben.

(動詞) （特定の海域や魚種を）過剰に漁獲し、将来の供給を大幅に減らす。

もし私たちがこれらの海域で乱獲を続ければ、将来の世代のために残されたタラはいなくなってしまうだろう。

(verbo) sobrepescar; pescar em excesso [Pescar (em uma área ou espécie) excessivamente, geralmente reduzindo substancialmente ao longo de vários anos o suprimento de uma ou mais espécies de peixes em uma área.]

Se continuarmos a sobrepescar essas águas, não haverá bacalhau para as gerações futuras.

Synonyms: overharvest deplete exhaust drain exploit decimate reduce diminish Antonyms: conserve preserve replenish restock
Word parts: over + fish

Related words

fisher fishery fishy fishily fishiness

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