| 单词 | friends of the earth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasFriends of the Earth Friends of the Earth n. an international pressure group, founded in the United States in 1969, which campaigns for a better awareness of and response to environmental problems (abbreviated FoE); also occasionally (in singular) a member of this group, an environmentalist. ΚΠ 1969 N.Y. Times 17 Sept. 21/1 The activation of..Friends of the Earth, a nonprofit membership organization, was announced by Mr. Brower. 1986 Anthropol. Today 2 11/2 Nuaulu hunters on the Indonesian island of Seram have a vandalistic attitude to the rain forest that any self-respecting Friend of the Earth would find positively obscene. 1991 A. Roddick Body & Soul i. 26 The Body Shop has combined with Friends of the Earth, Survival International and Greenpeace to run joint campaigns on acid rain, recycling.., the green consumer and genocide of indigenous tribes. 2012 Luton Daily (Nexis) 6 Sept. Bees are losing their habitats and are under threat from pesticides, so Friends of the Earth want the government to reduce pesticide use. < as lemmas |
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