科學家稱,他們在南美洲安第斯山脈的雲霧森林中發現了一種新的食肉動物物種,這是 30 多年來的首次此類發現。

Scientists say they have found a new species of carnivore in the cloud forests of the Andes mountains in South America — the first discovery of its kind in more than 30 years.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 科學家 xuéjiā scientist

classifier:

=2 chèn
  1. to fit; to match; to suit
  2. (coll.) to have; to possess
  3. Taiwan pr. chèng
=2 chēng
  1. to weigh
  2. to state
  3. to name
  4. name
  5. appellation
  6. to praise
=2 chèng old variant of chèng
3 他們 men they; them
4 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
5 南美洲 Nánměizhōu South America
6 安第斯山脈 Ānshānmài Andes mountain chain of South America
=7 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
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 雲霧 yún clouds and mist
9 森林 sēnlín forest

classifier:

=10 Zhōng
  1. (bound form) China; Chinese
  2. surname Zhong
=10 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
=10 zhòng
  1. to hit (a target)
  2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  3. to win (a prize or lottery)
11 發現 xiàn
  1. to notice; to become aware of
  2. to discover; to find; to detect
  3. a discovery
=12 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=12 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=12 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=12 liào unofficial variant of liào
13 一種 zhǒng one kind of; one type of
=14 Xīn
  1. abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 Xīnjiāng
  2. abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 Xīnjiā
  3. surname Xin
=14 xīn
  1. new
  2. newly
  3. meso- (chemistry)
=15 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
=15 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=15 really and truly
=15 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
16 食肉動物 shíròudòng carnivore
17 物種 zhǒng species
=18 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=18 zhèi (coll.) this
=19 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=19 shì variant of shì
20 多年來 duōniánlái for the past many years
=21 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
=21 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=21 really and truly
=21 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
22 首次 shǒu
  1. first
  2. first time
  3. for the first time
23 此類 lèi
  1. this kind
  2. these kinds
  3. such
24 發現 xiàn
  1. to notice; to become aware of
  2. to discover; to find; to detect
  3. a discovery