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单词 green belt
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Definition of green belt in English:

green belt

noun
  • 1British An area of open land around a city, on which building is restricted.

    Darlington should preserve its green belt
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The area stands within the green belt despite having been an industrial site in use since the late 18th century.
    • In addition, the public generally may be affected if, for example, conservation areas or the green belt is affected.
    • The owners of several sites have also carried out changes of use and minor building work on green belt land, without planning permission.
    • The green belt must be safeguarded and any encroachment of this must be strongly opposed at all costs.
    • About 80 per cent of the City of York Council area is within the green belt.
    • The firm must demonstrate ‘very special circumstances’ for building in the green belt.
    • Last week, both ministers advocated ripping up Britain's green belt to solve the housing crisis.
    • One of the biggest concerns for the town council is if we allow this one, it would open up the green belt to other applications.
    • The council has a policy to refuse new buildings in the green belt unless they are for farming, forestry, outdoor sport and recreation or in very special circumstances.
    • Secondly it is a green belt site and the council has a policy to develop brown belt first.
    • Bradford Council said the site was in a green belt area, which imposed restrictions on applications.
    • They say the area is in the green belt and the proposed retail development is totally inappropriate and would set an unacceptable precedent if approved.
    • Relaxing planning controls over development in the green belt would unleash a wave of unsustainable urban sprawl.
    • ‘We are preserving as much green belt land as we possibly can,’ she said.
    • In fact, this is little more than a cleverly disguised plan to build houses on historic green belt land.
    • With its two spectacular churches dominating the skyline, its sprawling green belt and historic buildings, the market town of Beverley continues to attract incomers.
    • It will ruin a green belt area and our lovely country village.
    • Little can be built in the grounds of a Grade One listed building and the area is also in a conservation area and green belt.
    • Sevenoaks Council has issued a warning to people thinking about buying plots of land in the green belt for housing.
    • There should be no further erosion of the green belt.
    Synonyms
    grounds, ground, fields, open space, open area
  • 2A green belt marking a level of proficiency in judo, karate, or other martial arts below that of a brown belt.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She's working out her post-dot-bomb angst by training for a green belt in karate.
    Synonyms
    countryside, great outdoors
    1. 2.1 A person qualified to wear a green belt.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Heather was just a green belt; she wouldn't be able to do it.
 
 

Definition of green belt in US English:

green belt

noun
  • 1A green belt marking a level of proficiency in judo, karate, or other martial arts below that of a brown belt.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She's working out her post-dot-bomb angst by training for a green belt in karate.
    Synonyms
    countryside, great outdoors
    1. 1.1 A person qualified to wear a green belt.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Heather was just a green belt; she wouldn't be able to do it.
  • 2greenbeltAn area of open land around a city, on which building is restricted.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In addition, the public generally may be affected if, for example, conservation areas or the green belt is affected.
    • Secondly it is a green belt site and the council has a policy to develop brown belt first.
    • The green belt must be safeguarded and any encroachment of this must be strongly opposed at all costs.
    • They say the area is in the green belt and the proposed retail development is totally inappropriate and would set an unacceptable precedent if approved.
    • With its two spectacular churches dominating the skyline, its sprawling green belt and historic buildings, the market town of Beverley continues to attract incomers.
    • Last week, both ministers advocated ripping up Britain's green belt to solve the housing crisis.
    • It will ruin a green belt area and our lovely country village.
    • There should be no further erosion of the green belt.
    • ‘We are preserving as much green belt land as we possibly can,’ she said.
    • Relaxing planning controls over development in the green belt would unleash a wave of unsustainable urban sprawl.
    • Little can be built in the grounds of a Grade One listed building and the area is also in a conservation area and green belt.
    • About 80 per cent of the City of York Council area is within the green belt.
    • The area stands within the green belt despite having been an industrial site in use since the late 18th century.
    • The firm must demonstrate ‘very special circumstances’ for building in the green belt.
    • In fact, this is little more than a cleverly disguised plan to build houses on historic green belt land.
    • Sevenoaks Council has issued a warning to people thinking about buying plots of land in the green belt for housing.
    • Bradford Council said the site was in a green belt area, which imposed restrictions on applications.
    • The owners of several sites have also carried out changes of use and minor building work on green belt land, without planning permission.
    • The council has a policy to refuse new buildings in the green belt unless they are for farming, forestry, outdoor sport and recreation or in very special circumstances.
    • One of the biggest concerns for the town council is if we allow this one, it would open up the green belt to other applications.
    Synonyms
    grounds, ground, fields, open space, open area
 
 
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