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单词 greenwash
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greenwash
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈɡriːn.wɒʃ/us
/ˈɡriːn.wɑːʃ/
to makepeoplebelievethatyourcompanyis doing more toprotecttheenvironmentthan it really is
（对…）作绿色粉饰（指公司为树立环保形象造就假象）
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Environmental issues
  • agroecology
  • air pollution
  • anti-conservation
  • anti-conservationist
  • anti-consumer
  • biodegradable
  • carbon neutral
  • environmentally
  • feed-in tariff
  • food insecure
  • food insecurity
  • food secure
  • noise pollution
  • nuclear winter
  • populate
  • sustainability
  • sustainably
  • tidal power
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greenwash
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈɡriːn.wɒʃ/us
/ˈɡriːn.wɑːʃ/
anattemptto makepeoplebelievethatyourcompanyis doing more toprotecttheenvironmentthan it really is:
Campaigners say theadsare greenwash.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Environmental issues
  • agroecology
  • air pollution
  • anti-conservation
  • anti-conservationist
  • anti-consumer
  • biodegradable
  • carbon neutral
  • environmentally
  • feed-in tariff
  • food insecure
  • food insecurity
  • food secure
  • noise pollution
  • nuclear winter
  • populate
  • sustainability
  • sustainably
  • tidal power
  • tree hugger
  • ULEZ
See more results »
(Definition ofgreenwashfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
greenwash
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈɡriːn.wɒʃ/us
/ˈɡriːn.wɑːʃ/
to makepeoplebelievethatyourcompanyis doing more toprotecttheenvironmentthan it really is
（对…）作绿色粉饰（指公司为树立环保形象造就假象）

greenwash| Business English

greenwash
noun[U]
ENVIRONMENT
uk
/ˈɡriːnwɒʃ/us
anattemptto makeyourbusinessseeminterestedinprotectingthenaturalenvironment, when it is not:
Theadsare nothing but greenwash, athinattemptto make thecompanyseemeco-conscious.
greenwash
verb[T]
uk
/ˈɡriːnwɒʃ/us
totryto makeyourbusinessseeminterestedinprotectingthenaturalenvironment, when it is not:
Ecologistscomplainaboutmajorcorporations"greenwashing"theiractivitieswithsmallpayoutstosupportenvironmentalinitiatives.
(Definition ofgreenwashfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgreenwash

greenwash
This discusses the greening of agriculture in the context of rapidly globalizing economies and the emergence of the troublinggreenwashsyndrome.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If they drop one of their key manifesto pledges, their environmental rhetoric will be seen as nothing more thangreenwash.
From the
Hansard archive
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Some have criticised the use of carbon offsetting by certain businesses as an example ofgreenwash.
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If they drop one of their key manifesto pledges, their environmental rhetoric will be seen as nothing more thangreenwash.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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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