| 词汇 | environmentalist |
| 释义 | environmentalist noun[ C ] politicsuk /ɪnˌvaɪ.rnˈmen.təl.ɪst/ us /ɪnˌvaɪ.rəˈmen.t̬əl.ɪst/ C1 a person who is interested in or studies the environment and who tries to protect it from being damaged by human activities环境保护主义者;环境保护论者 The expansion plans will face fierce resistance from environmentalists. Some environmentalists argue for a return to a pre-industrial society.一些环保主义者主张回归工业化以前的社会。 Environmental issues agroecology air pollution anoxia anoxic anti-conservation carbon capture dumping ground eco-audit eco-footprint efficiency energy conservation energy security environmental justice environmentalism reduce, reuse, recycleidiom rewilding runoff scrapyard scrubber sequester Although the Cuban “organoponic revolution” was based on necessity rather than choice, environmentalists have celebrated it as a huge step forward in showing what can be achieved with organic methods. Environmentalists criticized Borlaug’s work, which they claimed led to reliance on a single crop, inequality, malnutrition, and the loss of natural wildlife. This has led to criticism from environmentalists who feel that the term organic no longer represents the ideals of organic farming. environmentalist | American Dictionaryenvironmentalist noun[ C ] us/ɪnˌvɑɪ·rənˈmen·təl·ɪst, -ˌvɑɪ·ərn-/ earth science a person who has a specially strong interest in or knowledge of the natural environment, and who wants to preserve it and prevent damage to it: Environmentalists are working to improve the quality of our lakes and rivers. environmentalist | Business Englishenvironmentalist noun[ C ] ENVIRONMENTuk /ɪnˌvaɪərənˈmentəlɪst/us a person who studies the environment or believes that it must be protected from damage by human activities: Environmentalists would like to see even more ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. an environmentalist group/movement Examples of environmentalistenvironmentalist This is essential reading for all environmentalists, managers and scientists wishing to keep abreast of current developments in environmental science. Activists define themselves through their causes, as civil-rights workers, feminists, environmentalists, and the like. Nevertheless, it cannot be assumed that the goals of water users and environmentalists are identical or are being similarly framed. The former is the trade negotiator's point of view and the latter is the environmentalist's who is sometimes confined to a single issue. Nonetheless, the common interests of environmentalists and animal rights activists are more important than their ideological differences concerning the value of species versus individual animals. For example, there is a broad commitment from both water users and environmentalists to address the environmental needs of the river systems. Similarly, each of the environmentalists interviewed saw sustainability as an important longterm goal. Therefore, these acts become "ethical acts," like those of movements that enjoy global presence, such as the environmentalist and the antiglobalization movements (p. 160). Possible adverse repercussions of unrestrained population growth in the developing countries on planetary resources have agitated environmentalists. Unlike the electoral arena, environmentalists did not need a majority of consumers to be on their side in order to be effective. This is perhaps similar to our example of a radical environmentalist who prefers wilderness preservation to desecration to compromise development. But at the moment such optimists are distinctly unwelcome among environmentalists. Only now, in year 3, do the environmentalists join the bandwagon (almost no green scare has been started by greens). Now humbler and more self-critical, environmentalists are learning from these past lessons. The author is not a dogmatic 'no-change-at-all' environmentalist or a 'doom and gloom, degradation everywhere' ambassador. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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