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单词 environmentalist
释义
environmentalist
noun[C]
politics
uk
/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.təl.ɪst/us
/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.t̬əl.ɪst/
C1
apersonwho isinterestedin orstudiestheenvironmentand whotriestoprotectit from beingdamagedbyhumanactivities
环境保护主义者；环境保护论者
Examples
  • Theexpansionplanswillfacefierceresistancefrom environmentalists.
  • Some environmentalistsarguefor areturnto a pre-industrialsociety.
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
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(Definition ofenvironmentalistfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • 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  • This has led to criticism from environmentalists who feel that the term organic no longer represents the ideals of organic farming.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 Dictionary

environmentalist
noun[C]
us
/ɪnˌvɑɪ·rənˈmen·təl·ɪst,-ˌvɑɪ·ərn-/
earth science
apersonwho has aspeciallystronginterestin orknowledgeof thenaturalenvironment, and whowantstopreserveit andpreventdamageto it:
Environmentalists areworkingtoimprovethequalityofourlakesandrivers.
(Definition ofenvironmentalistfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

environmentalist| Business English

environmentalist
noun[C]
ENVIRONMENT
uk
/ɪnˌvaɪərənˈmentəlɪst/us
apersonwhostudiestheenvironmentorbelievesthat it must beprotectedfromdamagebyhumanactivities:
Environmentalists would like toseeevenmoreambitiousgoalstoreducegreenhousegasemissions.
anenvironmentalistgroup/movement
(Definition ofenvironmentalistfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofenvironmentalist

environmentalist
This is essential reading for all environmentalists, managers and scientists wishing to keep abreast of current developments in environmental science.
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Activists define themselves through their causes, as civil-rights workers, feminists, environmentalists, and the like.
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Nevertheless, it cannot be assumed that the goals of water users and environmentalists are identical or are being similarly framed.
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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.
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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.
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For example, there is a broad commitment from both water users and environmentalists to address the environmental needs of the river systems.
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Similarly, each of the environmentalists interviewed saw sustainability as an important longterm goal.
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Therefore, these acts become "ethical acts," like those of movements that enjoy global presence, such as theenvironmentalistand the antiglobalization movements (p. 160).
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Possible adverse repercussions of unrestrained population growth in the developing countries on planetary resources have agitated environmentalists.
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Unlike the electoral arena, environmentalists did not need a majority of consumers to be on their side in order to be effective.
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This is perhaps similar to our example of a radicalenvironmentalistwho prefers wilderness preservation to desecration to compromise development.
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But at the moment such optimists are distinctly unwelcome among environmentalists.
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Only now, in year 3, do the environmentalists join the bandwagon (almost no green scare has been started by greens).
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Now humbler and more self-critical, environmentalists are learning from these past lessons.
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The author is not a dogmatic 'no-change-at-all'environmentalistor a 'doom and gloom, degradation everywhere' ambassador.
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