VOA常速英语:Endangered Primate Offers Clues to Climate Change

for short简称, 缩写
例句：My name is Alexander, Al for short.
我叫亚历山大, 简称亚尔。

2. So a very warm climate in combination with an increased seasonality and an increased aridity

in combination with与…联合, 与…结合
例句：He carried on the business in combination with his friends.
他与朋友们合伙做生意。

3. “Knowing more about the natural history and ecology will definitely help designating conservation priorities for an animal that is really struggling with a lot of different pressures right now,” said Ting, who is the lead author of the drill study that appeared in the journal Ecology and Evolution.

struggle with与…打架, 与…斗争
例句：We still have to struggle with all kinds of difficulties.
我们仍得和各种各样的困难作斗争。

4. They introduced agriculture and iron smelting as they migrated, which may have also contributed to forest loss.

contribute to促成
例句：Your suggestion has greatly contributed to the accomplishment of our work.
你的建议大大地促进了我们工作的完成。

5. If we can protect large areas of forest, that will lead to protection of habitat.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

6. If we can protect it effectively, we can protect the animal from hunting. And then we can also buffer any kind of future effects of climate change as well.

protect from保护, 保卫
例句：An umbrella will protect you from the rain.
雨伞可以保护你不至于淋雨。

7. Scientists say the history of the drill could help them understand what could lie in store for Africa’s rainforests over the next 100 years.

lie in位于; 躺在
例句：The house lies in a little valley behind the trees.
那所房子坐落在树林后的一个山谷里。