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adj + clime(s)
clime常与形容词连用，描述气候或地区特征，多用于文学或正式文体。
They moved to a warmer clime for health reasons.
他们因健康原因搬到了更温暖的气候区。
气候
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气候
the weather in some location averaged over a long period of time; climate
They moved to a warmer clime for health reasons.
他们因健康原因搬到了更温暖的气候区。
气候区；地带
A particular region defined by its weather or climate.
气候
Climate.
氛围；环境；局势
The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation.
These delicate flowers only grow in a mild clime.
这些娇嫩的花只在气候温和的地方生长。
Every winter, many birds fly south to warmer climes.
每年冬天，许多鸟儿飞到更温暖的地区过冬。
He left his native clime to study abroad for four years.
他离开故乡去国外学习了四年。
clime常与形容词连用，描述气候或地区特征，多用于文学或正式文体。
They moved to a warmer clime for health reasons.
他们因健康原因搬到了更温暖的气候区。
change of clime是固定短语，指换地方或改变生活环境。
After twenty years in the same city, she needed a change of clime.
在同一城市住了二十年后，她需要换个环境。
in...climes表示在某种气候地区，clime通常用复数。
These plants thrive only in tropical climes.
这些植物只在热带气候区生长良好。
Not this
The clime in this region is very cold.
Use this
The climate in this region is very cold.
clime 是文学用语，指特定的气候区域，而非泛指气候；表示一般气候概念时应用 climate。
Not this
We traveled to many different clime during our trip.
Use this
We traveled to many different climes during our trip.
clime 为可数名词，表示多个气候区时需要用复数形式 climes。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
阳光充足的地带
Many retirees move to sunnier climes.
许多退休人员搬到阳光更充足的地方。
较温暖的地区
Birds fly to warmer climes in winter.
鸟儿冬天飞往较温暖的地区。
异国他乡；外国的气候带
He enjoyed traveling to foreign climes.
他喜欢去异国他乡旅行。
热带地区
These plants thrive in tropical climes.
这些植物在热带地区生长繁茂。
北方地区；北方气候带
The festival is popular in northern climes.
这个节日在北方地区很受欢迎。
政治环境；政治氛围
The reforms changed the political clime.
这些改革改变了政治氛围。
更温暖的地方；温暖地区
Many retirees move to warmer climes during the winter months.
许多退休人员在冬季搬到更温暖的地方。
异国他乡；国外
He was nervous about starting a new job in foreign climes.
他对在异国他乡开始新工作感到紧张。
阳光更充足的地方；更明媚的地区
We dream of retiring to sunnier climes.
我们梦想退休后搬到阳光更充足的地方。
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clime 形似 climate（气候）少个 ate；联想“一个地方的气候区”，如 colder climes（更冷的地区）。
语域：formal 常见场景：poetry and literature、formal writing、rhetorical speech clime 是较文雅的正式用词，多用于诗歌、文学作品或修辞性表达中，日常口语很少使用；表达“气候”时通常更常用 climate。
这些词与 clime /klaɪm/ 押韵：time、dime、lime、chime、rhyme、climb。注意 climb 中的 b 不发音，但读音与 clime 完全相同；climate /ˈklaɪmət/ 和 climax /ˈklaɪmæks/ 是形近词，发音并不相同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.