<p>'<strong>In a multifaceted manner</strong>' seems like a good choice. In '立体还原', '还原' is a verb 'restore'  ; that makes '立体' an adverb </p>

<p>'立体还原'  can be translated as:  'restore in a multidimensional manner' or
'restore in a <a href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/multifaceted" rel="nofollow noreferrer">multifaceted</a> manner' (having many aspects or phases)</p>

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<p>I personally think it counts as overblown "purple prose", and that your intuition that it simply means "completely" is right, although that is influenced by its (already) extended use as land-, water- and airborne. Perhaps "multifaceted" (which collocates with English "approach") might be a good equivalent.</p>

<p>Meaning 3 of zdic.net is generally limited to 立体战争, which is basically triphibious warfare (the translation "three-dimensional warfare" is not correct in English, and could lead to severe misunderstanding). </p>

<p>The link between 立体, which at root means a "raised or standing body" and the semantic field of "to do something completely via many methods" is due to its roots as a calque of the technical root "stereo-" in English and other Western European languages, derived from Ancient Greek στερεός, meaning "a solid". </p>

<p>Being in the 3D world, a "solid" is therefore of greater complexity than plane objects, and thus in science and technology "stereo-" came to mean various modes of perception of 3D space. One of the earliest words based on this was <em>stereopsis</em>, now generally referred to in English as <em>stereoscopic vision</em>, which has the Chinese translation 立体视觉.</p>

<p>In English "stereo-" is not only rather opaque to the modern reader, used primarily in technical contexts, it is also a bound morpheme. The Chinese 立体 on the other hand has taken on a life of its own, and has expanded continuously to other niches not taken by "stereo-" in English. This accounts for meanings (3) and (4) in zdic.net. </p>

<p>For what it's worth, this is actually the first time I've seen 立体 used with 还原, and I thought it was a technical term. I parsed it as "stereoscopic neutralisation", and I was wondering "is that even a thing?"... Am now wondering whether there is something that counts as 立体还原 in photography and optics.</p>

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Thanks for the long answer, appreciated. Not long ago, I read of a physics experiment, long and ongoing, lots of lasers involved. If it gives the results they expect, it will show that we actually live in 2D. Our 3D is just an illusion!
Pedroski
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Michaelyus
<p>这里的立体，泛指多角度，多维，多层次</p>

<p>并不拘泥于长宽高</p>

<p>。。</p>

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意思就是‘多角度，多维，多层次地还原一个（保护）地区的动植物多样性‘吗？这里‘还原’的意思是‘恢复该地区的原状’或者‘做个这个地区的影像模型‘吗？
Pedroski
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@Pedroski 对的。。。还原意思是做‌​这个地区的影像模型，让它像原本（代指影像模型的原地区）一样
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<p>When I look up 立体 at <a href="http://www.zdic.net/c/b/110/297322.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.zdic.net/c/b/110/297322.htm</a> I get:</p>
<p>(1) [solid]∶具有长、宽、厚的形体<br />
立体图形<br />
(2) [three-dimensional; stereoscopic]<br />
(3) 包括地面、水、空中的<br />
立体战争<br />
(4) 指地面以上具有若干横向层次的<br />
I guess, in this sentence, 立体 takes meaning (3), but I'm really not sure.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>于是徐健成立了社会企业IBE，为保护区、政府等各类课题提供服务，他们的工作是建立野生动植物影像库，<strong>立体</strong>还原一个地区的生态多样性。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Maybe here 立体 just means 'completely'? Maybe 立体 is not 1 word here?</p>
<p>立体还原一个地区地生态多样性。<br />
(to) completely reconstruct an area's ecological diversity<br />
(to) reconstruct an area's land-, water- and airborne ecological diversity</p>
<p>What do they mean by 立体还原?</p>

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立体 = multiple hierarchies or 3D, sometimes, it covers sky, land and underwater, or multiple levels at different altitudes.
立体地还原 means they try to restore/reconstruct at whole perspective (integrally), not partial of them, = 多角度地，多维度地。
Daniel Yang
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What is the meaning of 立体 in 立体还原一个地区地生态多样性？
# What is the meaning of 立体 in 立体还原一个地区地生态多样性？

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-04-05)

When I look up 立体 at <http://www.zdic.net/c/b/110/297322.htm> I get:

(1) [solid]∶具有长、宽、厚的形体  
立体图形  
(2) [three-dimensional; stereoscopic]  
(3) 包括地面、水、空中的  
立体战争  
(4) 指地面以上具有若干横向层次的  
I guess, in this sentence, 立体 takes meaning (3), but I'm really not sure.

> 于是徐健成立了社会企业IBE，为保护区、政府等各类课题提供服务，他们的工作是建立野生动植物影像库，**立体**还原一个地区的生态多样性。

Maybe here 立体 just means 'completely'? Maybe 立体 is not 1 word here?

立体还原一个地区地生态多样性。  
(to) completely reconstruct an area's ecological diversity  
(to) reconstruct an area's land-, water- and airborne ecological diversity

What do they mean by 立体还原?

**Tags:** meaning, meaning-in-context

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 立体 = multiple hierarchies or 3D, sometimes, it covers sky, land and underwater, or multiple levels at different altitudes. 立体地还原 means they try to restore/reconstruct at whole perspective (integrally), not partial of them, = 多角度地，多维度地。  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-04-06. Score: 4

'**In a multifaceted manner**' seems like a good choice. In '立体还原', '还原' is a verb 'restore' ; that makes '立体' an adverb

'立体还原' can be translated as: 'restore in a multidimensional manner' or
'restore in a [multifaceted](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/multifaceted) manner' (having many aspects or phases)


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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-04-06. Score: 2

I personally think it counts as overblown "purple prose", and that your intuition that it simply means "completely" is right, although that is influenced by its (already) extended use as land-, water- and airborne. Perhaps "multifaceted" (which collocates with English "approach") might be a good equivalent.

Meaning 3 of zdic.net is generally limited to 立体战争, which is basically triphibious warfare (the translation "three-dimensional warfare" is not correct in English, and could lead to severe misunderstanding).

The link between 立体, which at root means a "raised or standing body" and the semantic field of "to do something completely via many methods" is due to its roots as a calque of the technical root "stereo-" in English and other Western European languages, derived from Ancient Greek στερεός, meaning "a solid".

Being in the 3D world, a "solid" is therefore of greater complexity than plane objects, and thus in science and technology "stereo-" came to mean various modes of perception of 3D space. One of the earliest words based on this was *stereopsis*, now generally referred to in English as *stereoscopic vision*, which has the Chinese translation 立体视觉.

In English "stereo-" is not only rather opaque to the modern reader, used primarily in technical contexts, it is also a bound morpheme. The Chinese 立体 on the other hand has taken on a life of its own, and has expanded continuously to other niches not taken by "stereo-" in English. This accounts for meanings (3) and (4) in zdic.net.

For what it's worth, this is actually the first time I've seen 立体 used with 还原, and I thought it was a technical term. I parsed it as "stereoscopic neutralisation", and I was wondering "is that even a thing?"... Am now wondering whether there is something that counts as 立体还原 in photography and optics.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks for the long answer, appreciated. Not long ago, I read of a physics experiment, long and ongoing, lots of lasers involved. If it gives the results they expect, it will show that we actually live in 2D. Our 3D is just an illusion!  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2017-04-06. Score: 0

这里的立体，泛指多角度，多维，多层次

并不拘泥于长宽高

。。

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: 意思就是‘多角度，多维，多层次地还原一个（保护）地区的动植物多样性‘吗？这里‘还原’的意思是‘恢复该地区的原状’或者‘做个这个地区的影像模型‘吗？  
> **username_4**: @username_0 对的。。。还原意思是做‌​这个地区的影像模型，让它像原本（代指影像模型的原地区）一样  

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