alien environment

collocation in English

meaningsofalienandenvironment

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alien
adjective
uk
/ˈeɪ.li.ən/us
/ˈeɪ.li.ən/
relating to creatures from ...
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environment
noun
uk
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/us
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and ...
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(Definition ofalienandenvironmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Fourth, as a result, the legitimacy of the sphericity of the earth had to be reconstructed in analienenvironment.
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They created a range of products in this new andalienenvironmentbut ultimately struggled with the industrialization within the ceramics industry.
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In analienenvironment, feng shui ideas equally performed their earthly function of forging social identities.
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The hostile,alienenvironmenteroded the initial high morale and esprit de corps of the troops.
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Religious organisations provide an institutional focus in thealienenvironmentof the host society, offering cultural support and continuity.
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Music has not been broken down and investigated, but rather transplanted - transposed - wholesale, as a ready-made metaphorical system, into analienenvironment.
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The operating theatre itself would be an entirelyalienenvironment—almost something of a space fantasy.
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It is a questionable practice, especially when elderly people are removed from their family surroundings to analienenvironment.
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The woman may have to make excuses for being away, and she will be alone, friendless and frightened in thealienenvironmentof a clinic.
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People in their 80s, towards the end of their lives, have been displaced into a completelyalienenvironment.
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He could not understand why he had been moved to analienenvironment.
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No one can deny that those employed in the catching sector face many dangers in thealienenvironmentin which they work.
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They tried to live in a completelyalienenvironment.
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Like so many of these economic rules stretched to a completelyalienenvironment, the logic of it leads to the most absurd results.
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At the same time, there is a collapse of their network of friends, teachers and acquaintances when they go into analienenvironmentin which that support is not there.
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The event shocked him making him feel that he was living in analienenvironment, and reinforced his resolve to do well in his education.
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She has problems adjusting in analienenvironmentas she feels she is not in sync with life.
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The water is a harsh andalienenvironmentwhich can impose severe physical and psychological stress on a diver.
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They felt that these outweighed the more negative aspects, such as a plot that could be hard to follow and the unconvincingalienenvironmentand snake.
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He's big and ugly and scary, but he's just been born, remember, and it's been traumatic, and to him the whole world is a brand newalienenvironment.
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