单词 | amenity group |
释义 | > as lemmasamenity group C2. As a modifier, designating organizations concerned with the protection or improvement of environmental features, esp. on a local basis; esp. as amenity group, amenity society. ΚΠ 1889 Edinb. Evening News 16 Aug. An Elgin Amenity Association.—At a meeting held in Elgin yesterday..it was agreed to establish a Society in Elgin..with the object of preserving and improving the natural attractions of Elgin and neighbourhood. 1910 Evening Star (Dunedin, N.Z.) 1 July 4/1 Not, perhaps, that all municipal representatives are inspired with similar motives or notions to those that actuate the members of an amenity society. 1929 Times 23 Sept. 6/6 It would be a timely and useful step to form an ‘amenity group’ in Parliament, composed of members interested in the preservation of the countryside and kindred subjects. 2008 Area 40 368/1 The groups comprised young workers, members of the local resident or amenity group, and carers of young children. < as lemmas |
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