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单词 anti-green
释义

anti-green

adjective

an·​ti-green ¦an-ˌtī-¦grēn How to pronounce anti-green (audio)
¦an-tē-
: opposed to policies intended to protect or improve the environment
No matter how green individual homes are, suburban sprawl is intrinsically anti-green. It generates infrastructure inefficiency; car dependency and rising fossil fuel demand; carbon-emitting, time-wasting road congestion; and, despite availability of inexpensive land at ever-greater distances from jobs, escalating development, construction and public service costs. Roger K. Lewis, Washington Post, 2 May 2009

Word History

Etymology

anti- entry 1 + green entry 1

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

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