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单词 environmentalist
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Definition of environmentalist in English:

environmentalist

noun ɛnˌvʌɪrənˈmɛnt(ə)lɪstɪnˌvʌɪrənˈmɛnt(ə)lɪstɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛn(t)ələst
  • 1A person who is concerned about protecting the environment.

    as modifier the environmentalist movement
    Example sentencesExamples
    • An ardent environmentalist, he did it the responsible way.
    • "We're not ardent environmentalists, but we wanted an environmentally-friendly home that looked good.
    • Despite what some environmentalists have argued, putting a price tag on a species does not make it disappear.
    • But I cannot support the extreme environmentalist positions that you present in your magazine.
    • True environmentalists are concerned not with appearances but with practising the principles that they preach.
    • But the relationship between counterculture environmentalists and technology was always ambivalent.
    • As environmentalists keep warning us, even the air is a scarce commodity.
    • "People call us, and they're not always die-hard, tree-hugging environmentalists, " she says.
    • As well as being passionate about personal finance, I'm also a committed environmentalist.
    • So how do concerned environmentalists tackle the enormous challenge of driving that switch?
    • Counterculture environmentalists never constructed a unified philosophy that united like-minded individuals and organizations under one banner.
    • Environmentalists have said some coral reefs in Aceh may have been uplifted and exposed by the tsunami.
    • What thoughtful environmentalists fear most in the upcoming congressional session is a rush to judgment.
    • He's become, rather to his own surprise, a committed environmentalist.
    • It is - in its own small way - a barometer of the future direction of the environmentalist movement.
    • You are thought of as an avid environmentalist and you've built a reputation as an outdoorsman.
    • The environmentalist movement, for instance, frequently appeals to the goodness of nature as a way to promote their causes.
    • Local environmentalists have sounded the alarm that it may well be the beginning of an end for the species.
    • He broke off his architecture studies and became active in peace and environmentalist groups.
    • Generations of conservationists and environmentalists have reinforced these views.
    Synonyms
    conservationist, preservationist, ecologist, green, nature-lover, eco-activist
    informal, derogatory eco-nut, ecofreak, tree hugger
  • 2A person who considers that environment, as opposed to heredity, has the primary influence on the development of a person or group.

Rhymes

documentalist, experimentalist, fundamentalist, instrumentalist, mentalist, orientalist, ornamentalist, sentimentalist, transcendentalist
 
 

Definition of environmentalist in US English:

environmentalist

nounɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛn(t)ələstinˌvīrənˈmen(t)ələst
  • 1A person who is concerned with or advocates the protection of the environment.

    as modifier the environmentalist movement
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As environmentalists keep warning us, even the air is a scarce commodity.
    • Counterculture environmentalists never constructed a unified philosophy that united like-minded individuals and organizations under one banner.
    • As well as being passionate about personal finance, I'm also a committed environmentalist.
    • Environmentalists have said some coral reefs in Aceh may have been uplifted and exposed by the tsunami.
    • Generations of conservationists and environmentalists have reinforced these views.
    • He broke off his architecture studies and became active in peace and environmentalist groups.
    • The environmentalist movement, for instance, frequently appeals to the goodness of nature as a way to promote their causes.
    • But the relationship between counterculture environmentalists and technology was always ambivalent.
    • Despite what some environmentalists have argued, putting a price tag on a species does not make it disappear.
    • But I cannot support the extreme environmentalist positions that you present in your magazine.
    • It is - in its own small way - a barometer of the future direction of the environmentalist movement.
    • An ardent environmentalist, he did it the responsible way.
    • What thoughtful environmentalists fear most in the upcoming congressional session is a rush to judgment.
    • You are thought of as an avid environmentalist and you've built a reputation as an outdoorsman.
    • "We're not ardent environmentalists, but we wanted an environmentally-friendly home that looked good.
    • True environmentalists are concerned not with appearances but with practising the principles that they preach.
    • "People call us, and they're not always die-hard, tree-hugging environmentalists, " she says.
    • He's become, rather to his own surprise, a committed environmentalist.
    • Local environmentalists have sounded the alarm that it may well be the beginning of an end for the species.
    • So how do concerned environmentalists tackle the enormous challenge of driving that switch?
    Synonyms
    conservationist, preservationist, ecologist, green, nature-lover, eco-activist
  • 2A person who considers that environment, as opposed to heredity, has the primary influence on the development of a person or group.

 
 
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