城市擴張會對環境造成破壞。

Urban sprawl is environmentally damaging.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 城市 chéngshì city; town

classifier: 座
2 擴張 kuòzhāng
  1. expansion
  2. dilation
  3. to expand (e.g. one's power or influence)
  4. to broaden
=3 會 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=3 會 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=3 會 kuò only used in 會撮／会撮
4 對 duì
  1. right; correct
  2. towards; at; for
  3. concerning; regarding
  4. to treat (sb a certain way)
  5. to face
  6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching
  7. to match together; to adjust
  8. to fit; to suit
  9. to answer; to reply
  10. to add; to pour in (a fluid)
  11. to check; to compare
  12. classifier: couple; pair
5 環境 huánjìng
  1. environment
  2. circumstances
  3. surroundings
  4. ambient

classifier: 個
6 造成 zàochéng to bring about; to create; to cause
7 破壞 pòhuài
  1. destruction
  2. damage
  3. to wreck
  4. to break
  5. to destroy