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    An environmentalist is a person who cares about protecting the natural world — air, water, trees, animals, the climate — and tries to stop people harming it. They may change how they live, join a group, speak to a government, or ask a factory to stop dumping waste.

    An environmentalist isEnvironmentalist 是 a person who cares about protecting the natural world — air, water, trees, animals, the climate —關心保護自然環境的人——空氣、水、樹木、動物、氣候等等 and tries to stop people harming it並試著阻止人們傷害這些東西。They may他們可能會 change how they live, join a group, speak to a government, or ask a factory to stop dumping waste改變自己的生活方式、加入團體、向政府發聲,或要求工廠停止排放廢棄物。

    Though actually, it is also a label people put on each other. Some wear it proudly. Others say it as a slight, as if the person loves trees more than jobs or ordinary life. That fight is about , not about the dictionary.

    Though actually,不過其實 it is also a label people put on each other這也是人們拿來貼在彼此身上的標籤。Some wear it proudly有些人驕傲地戴著這個標籤。Others say it as a slight,有些人則是拿它來輕蔑別人 as if the person loves trees more than jobs or ordinary life好像在說這個人愛樹勝過工作或正常生活。That fight is about這場爭論是關於 politics, not about the dictionary政治立場,不是字典定義。

    Not every environmentalist stands in the street; some work in labs, offices, or farms. The word can sit in front of another noun too: an environmentalist group, environmentalist ideas — meaning “of that way of thinking.” It is a normal, slightly formal word, not slang.

    Not every environmentalist不是每個 environmentalist stands in the street;都站在街頭抗議 some work in labs, offices, or farms有些人在實驗室、辦公室,或農場工作。The word can sit in front of another noun too:這個字也可以放在另一個名詞前面 an environmentalist group, environmentalist ideas像是 environmentalist group、environmentalist ideas — meaning “of that way of thinking.”意思是「屬於這種想法的」 It is a normal, slightly formal word, not slang這是個普通、稍微正式一點的字,不是俚語。

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成environmental(關於環境的)+ -ist(做那件事或相信那件事的人)。From environmental + -ist. The -ist piece came into English from Greek through Latin and French.

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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

environmentalistnoun

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    One who advocates for the protection of the environment and biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention.

    • The Santa Barbara oil spill has environmentalists and California officials scrambling as an estimated 105,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into the Pacific Ocean and onto the Golden State’s coast.
    • This tension is familiar in the lives of most environmentalists. Some own cars; some still eat meat.
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    anthropologyhuman-sciencessciencesOne who holds the view that environment, rather than heredity or culture, is the primary factor in the development of an individual or group.

    • As we remarked once before, there are two extreme views with respect to life, one attributing everything to the environment, the other to inherent abilities. If, for example, an unusual number of distinguished men are born and reared in the same locality, the environmentalists assert that the causes for their appearance were entirely external and that had their parents changed habitats with those residing elsewhere the result would have been the same, except that the family names of these eminent men would have been different.

environmentalistadj

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    Of, or relating to environmentalism.

    • The environmentalist explanation would be that tropical environment retards or depresses culture through its physiological effect on the human organism.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。