查询词典 murrelets

Even with most of the remaining old growth protected, the emblematic species of the great forests—northern spotted owls, elusive little seabirds called marbled murrelets, and coho salmon—continued their dangerous decline, while the reeling economy and housing bust were shuttering sawmills throughout the redwood range.

虽然大部分存活下来的红杉受到了保护，但受到经济和住房热的影响，锯木厂在红杉生长区不断出现，而森林中的稀有物种花斑猫头鹰，行动隐蔽的小海鸟斑海雀及银鲑的数量却在不断的减少。

The trees stand like sentinels now on an otherwise bare nob, and they are so exposed that researchers doubt the murrelets will return.

要不是山顶上还有两棵像哨兵一样的树，这座山头真是光秃秃得一无所有了。这两棵树是如此之暴露而无遮蔽，以致研究人员怀疑小海鸭是否还会回来。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。