单词 | eco-warrior |
释义 | > as lemmaseco-warrior eco-warrior n. Brit. /ˈiːkəʊˌwɒrɪə/ , /ˈɛkəʊˌwɒrɪə/ , U.S. /ˈikoʊˌwɔriər/ a person actively involved in protecting, or preventing damage to, the environment, esp. one involved in campaigning, protest activities, and direct action.ΚΠ 1987 Sunday Times 31 May 25/3 After it became clear that whalers had virtually wiped out the great whales, the ‘eco-warriors’ of Greenpeace and other groups dramatised the plight of the warm-blooded intelligent creatures. 1990 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 7 Jan. (Bk. Review section) 1 There is the ‘Code of the Eco-Warrior’, admonishing that proper actions result in no one getting hurt, no one getting caught, and ‘if you do get caught you're on your own’. 1996 C. J. Stone Fierce Dancing ix. 133 Andy was giving lessons in tree-climbing to all the wide-eyed trainee eco-warriors who looked upon these two as the epitome of anarchist revolutionaries. < as lemmas |
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