| 词汇 | greenfield |
| 释义 | greenfield adjective[ before noun ] UKuk /ˈɡriːn.fiːld/ us /ˈɡriːn.fiːld/ used to refer to land that has never previously had buildings on it or been used for industry, or to buildings built on land like this: The government set a target to build 60 per cent of new housing on brownfield sites, with 40 per cent in greenfield areas. There were calls for restrictions on greenfield building. The survey suggests that many homebuyers prefer to live in older towns and cities rather than move to greenfield developments. See also greenfield site Compare brownfield We are committed to developing existing airports rather than building a new greenfield airport. He called for a halt to environmentally damaging greenfield expansion. Civil engineering in general brownfield built environment caisson civil engineer civil engineering geotechnical lineman linesman planning planning permission purpose-built quantity surveyor reclamation redevelop structural engineer subsea surveyor town planner town planning trig point You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Towns & regions: the countryside greenfield noun[ U ] uk /ˈɡriːn.fiːld/ us /ˈɡriːn.fiːld/ land that has never previously had buildings on it or been used for industry: We estimate that 23 square miles of greenfield will be lost under these plans. It may surprise you to learn that England is currently around 90% greenfield and 10% urban. Compare brownfield Towns & regions: the countryside AONB Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty backcountry countrified countryman countrywoman cross-country greenfield site hillbilly hinterland land non-urban redneck rural rusticity stick upstate wild woodsy yokel You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Civil engineering in general greenfield | Business Englishgreenfield noun[ U ] uk /ˈɡriːnfiːld/us ENVIRONMENT, PROPERTY land in the countryside or around cities that has never had buildings on it before: We will build on urban brownfield first and only then on greenfield. Compare brownfield greenfield adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˈɡriːnfiːld/us ENVIRONMENT, PROPERTY used to describe an area of land that has never had buildings on it before, or buildings that have been put on this land for the first time: There was strong opposition in the area to construction on greenfield land. greenfield building/development used to describe a company or an area of business that is completely new: a greenfield business/company/start-up They enter foreign markets through joint ventures or greenfield start-ups, rather than acquisitions. Examples of greenfieldgreenfield The city pursued parallel programmes of building high-rise flats both in the central areas on slum cleared land and in its suburbs on greenfield sites. The result, as ever, is formless swathes of badly planned, commuter development on whatever greenfield sites developers can get hold of. But just as there is no such thing as a 'nowhere place', so there is no 'greenfield site'. Greenfield's premise is that the neural substrates for language production and object assembly are initially one and the same. Forshaw felt the designs were only really suitable for greenfield sites, which meant looking at new towns. Greenfield has proposed that both language production and highlevel motor programming are initially subserved by the same cortical region, which subsequently differentiates and specializes. The use of appropriate vacant land within urban areas can assist regeneration and relieve pressure for development on greenfield sites. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People often mix up green belt with greenfield, which is understandable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is important not to use "green belt"and"greenfield" as interchangeable terms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tax issues regarding brownfield and greenfield sites and other matters have been raised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not all the sites were brownfield—some were greenfield—but they were rightly allocated for development because they were in the best possible environmental location. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he will make a statement on the proportion of brownfield and greenfield land to be used to build new houses in the south-east. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We expect these studies to lead to updated development plans that given priority to reusing brownfields for new housing in preference to greenfields. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For example, it has discouraged building on greenfield sites when brownfield sites were available. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Part of that strategy should be to build more on brownfield sites than on greenfield sites. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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