湿地在生态系统中扮演着净化水源、防止洪水和侵蚀、为野生动物提供食物和栖息地的重要角色。

Wetlands play important roles in the ecosystem in purifying water, protecting against flood and erosion, and as both a source of food and habitat for wild animals.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 湿地 shī variant of 湿地 shī
=1 湿地 shī wetland
2 在生 zàishēng to be alive; to be living
3 tài
  1. (bound form)
  2. appearance
  3. shape
  4. form
  5. state
  6. attitude
  7. (grammar) voice
4 系统 tǒng system

classifier:

=5 Zhōng
  1. (bound form) China; Chinese
  2. surname Zhong
=5 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
=5 zhòng
  1. to hit (a target)
  2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  3. to win (a prize or lottery)
6 扮演 bànyǎn
  1. to play the role of
  2. to act
=7 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=7 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=7 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=7 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
8 净化 jìnghuà to purify
9 水源 shuǐyuán
  1. water source
  2. water supply
  3. headwaters of a river
10 防止 fángzhǐ
  1. to prevent
  2. to guard against
  3. to take precautions
11 洪水 hóngshuǐ deluge; flood
=12 old variant of
=12 surname He
=12
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=12
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=12 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=12 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=12 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=12 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=12 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
13 侵蚀 qīnshí
  1. to erode
  2. to corrode
=14 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=14 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
=14 wéi variant of wéi
=14 wèi variant of wèi
15 野生动物 shēngdòng wild animal
16 提供 gōng
  1. to offer
  2. to supply
  3. to provide
  4. to furnish
17 食物 shí food
=18 old variant of
=18 surname He
=18
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=18
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=18 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=18 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=18 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=18 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=18 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
19 栖息地 habitat
=20 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=20 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=20 really and truly
=20 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
21 重要 zhòngyào important; significant; major
22 角色 jué
  1. role; part (in a play or movie etc)
  2. also pr. jiǎo