deforest /diːˈfɒrɪst/ ( deforesting, deforested, deforests )

• 1. 

  V-T If an area is deforested, all the trees there are cut down or destroyed. 砍伐森林 [usu passive]

  例：

  ...the 400,000 square kilometres of the Amazon basin that have already been deforested.

  …已被砍伐的亚马逊河流域40万平方公里的森林。

• 2. 

  deforestation N-UNCOUNT 森林砍伐

  例：

  One percent of Brazil's total forest cover is being lost every year to deforestation.

  由于滥伐，巴西的森林总覆盖面积正在每年减少百分之一。