| 单词 | environment |
| 释义 | environment (once / 153 pages) n Think of the environment as everything that is around you. A quiet room with good lighting and no distractions is a good environment for doing homework, or at least that's what your parents and teachers think. Environment generally refers to your surroundings. If something is good for the environment, it is beneficial to the complex system of plant and animal life, water and air on Earth. An environment need not be so large, however. The environment of your living room means the tables, chairs and decor that are in the room. Sometimes it refers to the general attitude of a place. Do you thrive in a competitive environment or prefer an atmosphere of cooperation? WORD FAMILYenvironment: environmental, environments+/environmental: environmentalism, environmentally/environmentalism: environmentalist/environmentalist: environmentalists USAGE EXAMPLES“This will be a very challenged leasing environment almost everywhere,” Mr. Parsons said. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Democrats, despite being in the minority in both the House and Senate, will be more than bit players in the new Washington environment. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) The depth of talent at golf’s summit means Woods will always be overawed and outplayed in such environments now. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the totality of surrounding conditions he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room Hypo|Hyper circumstance, context, setting the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event ecologythe environment as it relates to living organisms background, scope, settingthe state of the environment in which a situation exists homean environment offering affection and security milieu, surroundingsthe environmental condition area, arena, domain, field, orbit, spherea particular environment or walk of life streetthe streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction conditionsthe set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare conditionsthe prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process canvas, canvassthe setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account distaffthe sphere of work by women fronta sphere of activity involving effort kingdom, land, realma domain in which something is dominant lapan area of control or responsibility political arena, political spherea sphere of intense political activity preservea domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone province, responsibilitythe proper sphere or extent of your activities show window, showcasea setting in which something can be displayed to best effect situation, state of affairs the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time 2n the area in which something exists or lives Syn|Hypo|Hyper environs, surround, surroundings ambiance, ambience the atmosphere of an environment mediumthe surrounding environment scene, settingthe context and environment in which something is set elementthe most favorable environment for a plant or animal habitat, home groundthe type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs melting potan environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated partsthe local environment scenarioa setting for a work of art or literature habitationthe native habitat or home of an animal or plant geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth |
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