Critically Endangeredとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

発音

• (General American) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ˈkɹɪ.tɪk.li ɛnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒəɹd/, (common pronunciation) /ˈkɹɪ.tɪ.kli ɪnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒəɹd/

形容詞

critically endangered (comparative more critically endangered, superlative most critically endangered)

1. (wildlife conservation, official classification) Of a species or other low-rank taxa, whose population is so small that they are very likely to go extinct in the wild.

   critically endangered species

2. (informal, humorous, not necessarily of wildlife) Not very common and growing less common; a dying breed.

使用する際の注意点

• critically endangered is more commonly used when following the verb "be" (or its inflected forms). critically-endangered is more commonly used preceding nouns.
• The official spelling used by the International Union for Conservation of Nature is "critically endangered" and does not use the hyphenated form.

参考

• Critically endangered on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lists of IUCN Red List critically endangered species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:IUCN Critically endangered species on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:IUCN Critically endangered species on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons