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environmentnoun(NATURE)the environment[S] B1theair,water, andlandin or on whichpeople,animals, andplantslive: 自然环境 Certainchemicalshave beenbannedbecause oftheirdamagingeffecton the environment.一些化学品因对环境有破坏作用已被禁止使用。 We're not doing enough toprotectthe environment frompollution.我们在防治污染保护环境方面做得还不够。 - Theradiationleakhas had adisastrouseffecton the environment.
- We mustensurethattourismdevelopsinharmonywith the environment.
- We won'tinvestin anycompanythatpollutesthe environment.
- Adangerousamountofradioactivitywasreleasedinto the environment lastmonth.
- It would bebetterfor the environment if morepeopleusedbikesratherthancars.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesEnvironmental 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
- sustainability
- sustainably
- tidal power
- tipping point
- tree hugger
- ULEZ
See more results » environmentnoun(SURROUNDINGS)B2[C]theconditionsthat youliveorworkin and the way that theyinfluencehow youfeelor howeffectivelyyou canwork: 环境;周围状况 Theofficeisquitebrightandairy- it's apleasantworkingenvironment.办公室明亮、通风,工作环境不错。 As aparentyoutrytocreateastablehomeenvironment.作为父母,你应尽力创造一个安定的家庭环境。 - Alovingfamilyenvironment giveschildrenthatsenseofstabilityandpermanencewhich they need.
- Industry is still amainlymaleenvironment.
- Studies show that if aworkingenvironment ispleasant,productivityincreases.
- Given therightenvironment,childrenare likespongesand willsoakupinformation.
- Adaptability is anecessaryqualityin an ever-changingworkenvironment.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesTowns & regions: environments & localities - arrondissement
- backyard
- belt
- demesne
- exclave
- hardscape
- locale
- locality
- locally
- neck
- neighbourhood
- non-local
- non-metro
- non-metropolitan
- quarter
- shtetl
- surroundings
- this, our, etc.neck of the woodsidiom
- turf
- vicinity
See more results » (Definition ofenvironmentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)environment| American Dictionaryenvironmentnoun(NATURE)[U]earth sciencetheair,water, andlandin or on whichpeople,animals, andplantslive: We’retryingtoprotectthe environment frompollution. environmentnoun(SURROUNDINGS)[C]theconditionsthat youliveorworkin and the way that theyinfluencehow youfeelor howeffectivelyyou canwork: a goodbusinessenvironment Forpreschoolers, the moststimulatingenvironments arebright,airy, andofferdailyoutdooractivities. (Definition ofenvironmentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)environment| Business Englishthe environment ENVIRONMENTtheair,water, andlandin or on whichpeople,animals, andplantslive: conserve/preserve/protect the environmentHetriesto do what he can topreservethe environment byrecycling,avoidingplasticfoamproducts, andconservingwater. care/concern about the environmentHeadlines aredominatedbyconcernabout the environment andglobalwarming. damage/destroy/harm the environmentRenewableenergyis often moreexpensivethantraditionalpowergeneratedbyfossilfuels, whichdamagethe environment. cleanup/improvethe environment arisk/threatto the environment The use ofbiodieselis beingencouragedbygovernmentsaround theworld, as a way ofreducingemissionswhich areharmfulto the environment. [C]theconditionsthatpeoplelive,work, orspendtimein and the way that theyinfluencehow theyfeel,behave, orwork: business/commercial/retail environmentIn a fast-paced,changingbusinessenvironment, makingsureemployeeshave therightguidancecan becritical. office/workplace environmentAfterworkingfreelancefor sometime, I wasn'tsurewhether I wouldfitwell in anofficeenvironment. alearning/workingenvironment afriendly/pleasantenvironment [C]ITthesystemin which acomputerorcomputerprogramoperates: Thecompanydevelopslarge-scale, fully-integrated,multimediasoftwareenvironments fortelephonecompanynetworksandcableTVsystems. (Definition ofenvironmentfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofenvironmentenvironment The rich diversity and the productionenvironmentand methods are favorable for organic rice production.From theCambridge English Corpus Theenvironmentpasses control to an ordinary text-editor of the user's choice, post-processing the resulting file.From theCambridge English Corpus Their restriction to shallow marine environments suggests that photosynthesis was the primary means of organic matter production for these benthic communities.From theCambridge English Corpus In a nonlinearenvironment, it would be enough to have locally increasing returns like setup costs.From theCambridge English Corpus I would say that it is creating thisenvironmentthat reinforces empirical research in so many different ways.From theCambridge English Corpus There are few studies reported on the problem of motion planning in dynamic environments.From theCambridge English Corpus The environments were considered as random variables while the genotypes were treated as fixed variables.From theCambridge English Corpus The cotton-manufacturing industry fulfilled different roles in each town, and consequently had a different impact on each politicalenvironment.From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, the maladaptive patterns of behavioral and emotional self-regulation, and reactivity to the demands of the surroundingenvironment, become more entrenched.From theCambridge English Corpus These potential risk scores represent the best estimate of a pesticide's impact on the surroundingenvironment.From theCambridge English Corpus Fuselages are the technical elements that deal with the fluidenvironment(wind and rain), and lattices are the technical elements that control the light.From theCambridge English Corpus Technology facilitates aspects of our teachingenvironmentand practice that make these improvements possible.From theCambridge English Corpus This, in turn, is supposed to define theenvironmentfor evaluating the let-body.From theCambridge English Corpus I suspect that such factors as "inter-reflections between surfaces," though certainly demonstrable and interesting, are of secondary importance even in most natural environments.From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, it is desirable that agent-oriented development environments can support scalability and heterogeneity aspects of multi-agent systems.From theCambridge English Corpus 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. CollocationswithenvironmentenvironmentThese are words often used in combination withenvironment. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. academic environment On a second level, the disruption in memory extends well beyond theacademicenvironmentand produces concrete manifestations in the public sphere. From theCambridge English Corpus acidic environment The steady supply of micronutrients in the soils is due to the acidic environment solubilizing these nutrients. From theCambridge English Corpus alien environment Fourth, as a result, the legitimacy of the sphericity of the earth had to be reconstructed in analienenvironment. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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