The picture worsens with each round of El Nino, the unusually warm currents in the Pacific Ocean that drive up temperatures and invariably presage (預示) droughts and fires in the rain forest.
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Runaway fires pour even more carbon into the air, which increases temperatures, starting the whole vicious cycle all over again
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Each burning season in the Amazon, fires deliberately set by frontier settlers and developers hurl up almost half a billion metric tons of carbon a year, placing Brazil among the top five contributors to greenhouse gases in the world.
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N-UNCOUNT
火
Fire is the hot, bright flames produced by things that are burning.
例句
They saw a big flash and a huge ball of fire reaching hundreds of feet into the sky...
他們看見一道強光和一個巨大的火球沖向數百英尺的高空。
Many students were trapped by smoke and fire on an upper floor.
許多學生被濃煙和大火困在了較高的一層上。
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N-VAR
火災;失火
Fire or a fire is an occurrence of uncontrolled burning which destroys buildings, forests, or other things.
例句
87 people died in a fire at the Happy Land Social Club...
87 人在樂土社交俱樂部的火災中喪生。
A forest fire is sweeping across portions of north Maine this evening...
今晚一場森林大火正席卷緬因州北部的部分地區。
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爐火;灶火;生成的火
A fire is a burning pile of wood, coal, or other fuel that you make, for example to use for heat, light, or cooking.
例句
There was a fire in the grate...
壁爐內燃著火。
After the killing, he calmly lit a fire to destroy evidence.
殺人后，他鎮定地點起火銷毀罪證。
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(電或煤氣)取暖器
A fire is a device that uses electricity or gas to give out heat and warm a room.
例句
The gas fire was still alight...
燃氣取暖器還在燒著。
She switched on one bar of the electric fire.
她打開了一片電暖器。
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VERB
燒制(陶器等黏土制品)
When a pot or clay object is fired, it is heated at a high temperature in a special oven, as part of the process of making it.
例句
After the pot is dipped in this mixture, it is fired...
陶罐在這一混合料中浸過之后就拿去燒制。
I have watched the potters mold, fire and paint their bowls, plates and vases with sacred designs.
我見過制陶工人捏塑、燒制碗碟花瓶，并在上面涂繪各種宗教圖案。
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VERB
(引擎)點火，打火
When the engine of a motor vehicle fires, an electrical spark is produced which causes the fuel to burn and the engine to work.
例句
The engine fired and we moved off.
點著引擎后我們就開走了。
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VERB
(以某種燃料)驅動
If a machine is fired with a particular fuel, it operates by means of that fuel.
例句
The engines were fired with coal and needed water to keep the steam up.
這些發動機燒煤，并且需要加水以不斷產生蒸汽。
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VERB
激起;喚起;使充滿激情;激發(想象力)
If you fire someone with enthusiasm, you make them feel very enthusiastic. If you fire someone's imagination, you make them feel interested and excited.
例句
...the potential to fire the imagination of an entire generation...
能夠激發整整一代人想象力的潛能
It was Allen who fired this rivalry with real passion...
是艾倫為這場較量注入了激情。
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激情;生氣;活力
You can use fire to refer in an approving way to someone's energy and enthusiasm.
例句
I went to hear him speak and was very impressed. He seemed so full of fire...
我去聽了他的講話，結果留下了非常深刻的印象。他看上去充滿了激情。
His punishing schedule seemed to dim his fire at times.
繁忙的日程似乎有時讓他精力不濟。
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PHRASE
著火;起火;開始燃燒
If an object or substance catches fire, it starts burning.
例句
My home catches fire and everything is destroyed...
我家失了火，所有的東西都燒毀了。
The aircraft caught fire soon after take-off.
飛機起飛后不久就著火了。
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PHRASE
激動人心;贏得成功
If a situation or event catches fire, it begins to be exciting and successful.
例句
The play only really catches fire once Aschenbach falls in love.
這部劇直到阿申巴赫墮入情網后才真正開始精彩起來。
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PHRASE
以火攻火;以毒攻毒;以其人之道還治其人之身
If you fight fire with fire, you deal with people attacking or threatening you by using similar methods to the ones that they are using.
例句
The only way they can deal with crime is to fight fire with fire.
他們打擊犯罪的唯一方法就是以牙還牙。
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PHRASE
激情;生氣;強烈的情感
If you say that someone has fire in their belly, you are expressing approval of them because they are energetic, enthusiastic, and have very strong feelings.
例句
Rocco does not have the same fire in his belly as his father.
羅科不像他父親那樣充滿激情。
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PHRASE
著火;起火;在燃燒
If something is on fire, it is burning and being damaged or destroyed by an uncontrolled fire.
例句
The captain radioed that the ship was on fire.
船長發無線電說船著火了。
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PHRASE
熱情似火;激動萬分;激情澎湃
If you say that someone is on fire, you mean they are very enthusiastic, excited, or passionate about something.
例句
He was on fire with this marvelous sight.
看到這一令人嘆為觀止的景象，他激動萬分。
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PHRASE
玩火;冒險;做危險的事
If you say that someone is playing with fire, you mean that they are doing something dangerous that may result in great harm for them and cause many problems.
例句
Schulte warned government and industrial leaders that those who even venture to think about mass layoffs are playing with fire.
舒爾特警告政府和業界領袖說，哪怕只是動動大規模裁員念頭的人都是在玩火。
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PHRASE
放火燒;使燃燒
If you set fire to something or if you set it on fire, you start it burning in order to damage or destroy it.
例句
They set fire to vehicles outside that building...
他們縱火焚燒了停在那幢大樓外的車輛。
Lightning set several buildings on fire.
閃電燃著了幾棟大樓。
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PHRASAL VERB
開動，發動(機器)
If you fire up a machine, you switch it on.
例句
Put on a helmet, fire up your engine and head out on the open road.
戴上頭盔，發動引擎，開上鄉村干道。
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PHRASAL VERB
激起…的熱情(或積極性)
If you fire someone up, you make them feel very enthusiastic or motivated.
例句
The president knows his task is to fire up the delegates.
總統知道自己的任務就是喚起代表的熱情。