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22 Nov 10:19 AM
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What is the difference between air and atmosphere?
Feel free to just provide example sentences.
Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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English (US)
- "air" is the everyday gas around you all the time, and is a more common word
- "atmosphere" is one of two things: the mood in the room, or the gases around a planet
- "atmosphere" is one of two things: the mood in the room, or the gases around a planet
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@pliki air: 空気 atmosphere: 大気
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@orokana_otouto 大気汚染と言いたい場合atmosphereを使うと不自然ですか？
English (US)
@pliki その場合は”air”は一番自然です。理由は、実は私でもあまりわかりません。”atmospheric pollution”は正しいようですが、”air pollution”を使います。もし、考えたら、英語の話す人の頭に、”air”は人々の近くイメージがあって、”atmosphere”は遠く、宇宙的なイメージがあります。だから”air pollution”(空気汚染)と言えば、もっと大事な問題になります。人間の近い問題ですから。はっきりに説明出来たといいんですが。
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@orokana_otouto ありがとうございます。 詳しい説明で助かりました！
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@pliki どういたしまして。また、atmosphereの他の意味は「雰囲気」だから、文学とか雑誌とかでその利用も見られます。でも、科学的の意味は「雰囲気」ではありません。
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@orokana_otouto なるほど、そのような意味もあるのですね！勉強になりました😭
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